TREES 



PINES 



(Of the natural order of CONIFER^^, of the 

 FAMILY PINACEiE, OFTHE tribe ABIETINEiE, 



OF THE SUB-TRIBE PINE^) 



We paused amid the pines that stood. 



The giants of the waste, 

 Tortured by storms to shapes as rude 



As serpents interlaced. 



Shelley, The Pine Forest. 



The division of Pines into the descriptions of soft 

 ^^and hard — or Pitch, as Prof. Sargent of American 

 h. [fame differentiates them — presents rather a deeper 

 J ^ dip into the mysteries of the subject than most are 

 ^ desirous of fathoming. Although it is a matter of 

 ^ critical import to the producer, seller, or buyer of 

 *► timber, and to the utilitarian world at large, these 

 I wood-structure distinctions cannot be expected to 



arouse the same interest among those unblest with 



broad acres, or unaffected by trade interests, nor, 

 ;^ for the matter of that, among the well-filled ranks 

 ^ of those who are possessed of no sky-high botanical 

 ^ aspirations, but are only prompted, in Wanderlust 

 I moments, by a simple-minded desire to better their 

 ^ acquaintance with the works of Nature, and by quiet 



contemplation to regain a soul lost in the turmoil 



of city occupation. 



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EOTANICAL 

 GAROEiN 



