258 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



esting than the overcrowded one where grow the oak 



and maple. 



White Pine. The fine-needled white pine is the 

 Pinut strobus. mos t valuable timber tree of our 



country. It grows with a straight trunk from 



White Pine, leaf at A. 



70 to 180 feet high, and has yellowish -white, soft 

 wood with a straight grain nearly free from resin. 



