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EVERGREENS 



the Jersey scrub (P. Virginiana); the table-mountain or hickory (P. 

 pungens); the spruce or the yellow pine of the east ; the long-leaved 

 or Georgia (P. palustris); and the loblolly or old-field (P. Taeda). 

 In north-eastern America from New Brunswick west to Manitoba 

 and south to the northern parts of the United States are found the 

 Canadian or red pine, and the Labrador or gray pine. The latter is 

 a slender tree usually not more than sixty feet in height, while the 

 red pine often reaches the height of one hundred and fifty feet. 

 The leaves of both of these pines are arranged two in a sheath, but 

 the species are easily distinguished by the position of the cones. In 

 the red pines the cones are at the tips of the branches or very near 

 the tips, while the cones of the gray pine grow along the sides of the 

 branches. 



Shoot of the common white pine, one-third natural size. The part of the branch between the tip 

 and A is the last season's growth ; from A to B is two years : from B to C is three years' growth. 



In New England and the middle states, the commonest species 

 are the white pine, pitch pine, Jersey or scrub pine, and in the south- 

 ern portions the table-mountain or hickory pine. The red pine also 

 grows as far south as Pennsylvania but is not very common. The 

 white pine is the most graceful and beautiful of our pine trees ; its 

 long, fine, grayish-green needles are arranged five in a sheath ; its 

 cones are long and slender and are borne near the ends of the 

 the branches. The pitch pine has coarse, yellowish-green and bushy 

 foliage ; the needles are arranged three in a sheath and its cones are 

 along the sides of the branches. 



The Jersey scrub and the table-mountain pines both occur from 



