DENDROLOGY. 



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Red or Norway Pine. Pinus rubra. 



Fig. 1 



A leaf. 



PLATE LXVI. 

 Fig. 2. A cone. 



Fig. 3. A seed. 



This tree is called by the 

 French inhabitants of Can- 

 ada Pin rouge, red pine, 

 and the name has been 

 preserved in the United 

 States. In the Northern 

 States it is called Norway 

 Pine, though differing totally 

 from that tree, which is a 

 species of spruce. The 

 first of these denominations 

 should be adopted by the 

 Americans, especially as it 

 is founded on a distinguish- 

 ing character of the species, 

 which will be hereafter 

 noticed. The most north- 

 ern points at which this vegetable grows, is near Lake St. John 

 in Canada in the 4Sth degree of latitude. Towards the south it 

 is not seen beyond Pennsylvania, in latitude 41 30' ; and it is 

 rare in all the country south of the river Hudson. It is found in 

 Nova Scotia, where it bears the same name as in Canada, and 

 also that of Yellow Pine. It is said likewise to exist beyond 

 Lake Superior. Like most species of this genus, it grows in 

 dry and sandy soils. 



When the luxuriance of this tree is not checked, it attains the 

 height of 70 or 80 feet with a diameter of two feet. It is chiefly 

 remarkable for the uniform size of its trunk for two-thirds of its 

 length. The bark upon the body of the tree is of a clearer red 

 than upon that of any other species in the United States ; hence 

 is derived its popular name, Red Pine. The leaves are of a 

 dark green, five or six inches long, united in pairs and collected 

 in bunches like those of the long-leaved pine, instead of being 

 dispersed like those of the Jersey pine. The female flowers are 



