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occurs the Jersey scrub-pine. Besides these we have two European 

 species, which are commonly planted as ornamental trees; these are 

 the Austrian and the Scotch pines. The following table will assist 

 you in determining which species you have at hand: 



THREE NATIVE PINES COMMON IN NEW YORK STATE. 



A. Leaves five in a bundle. White pine. 

 AA. Leaves two, rarely three in a bundle. 



B. Leaves slender, 4-6 inches long. Cones at or near the tips of 

 the branches. Red pine. 



BB. Leaves stout and stiff 1^—2^ inches long. Cones borne on 



the sides of the branches. Jersey scrub-pine. 



AAA. Leaves three in a bundle. Pitch-pine. 



TWO PINES COMMONLY PLANTED IN PARKS AND 



GROUNDS. 



A. Leaves two in a bimdle, 4-6 inches long, dark green and very 

 stiff. Austrian pine. 



B. Leaves two in a bundle H-2J inches long, grayish-green, 

 broad and flat, soft and flexible. Scotch pine. 



The White pine. — This is the most graceful and beautiful of our 

 pine trees. Its long, fine, grayish-green tassels make most attractive 

 foliage. Its long cones differ greatly from the cones of the other pines 

 of this region in that the cone scales are thin towards the end, while 

 in most of the others the cone scales are much thickened at the tips. 



The Pitch-pine. — This is also quite a common tree. It is coarser; 

 its foliage is shorter and more bushy; it is never so beautiful or so 

 graceful as the white pine. It is a hardy tree and will grow on rocky 

 and sterile soil. It is the only pine that sends forth shoots after it 

 has been injured by fire. 



The Jersey scrub-pine. — This is a short tree rarely growing higher 

 than thirty or forty feet. It has long branches, and is in shape a 

 broad pyramid. It seems to grow in the most sterile soils, and is 

 found on worn-out lands as well as upon the sandy soils of Long 

 Island. 



The Red pine. — This is sometimes called Norway or Canadian pine. 

 It usually grows 80 feet in height and has a beautiful, straight trunk, 

 which is salmon-colored where the thin bark has scaled off. The 

 foliage of the tree as a whole is not so dense as in the white pine, but 

 the needles are larger and longer. It is sometimes, but too rarely 

 planted in parks. 



