260 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



older specimens the gray-brown trunk is rough, but 

 on the younger ones it is quite smooth. 

 Southern Yellow The Southern yellow pine has very 

 Pine. resinous yellow wood, and extreme- 



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teen inches in length, 

 bright olive -green, 

 and grouped in 

 bunches of three; 

 they grow in thick 

 clusters at the 

 ends of the branch- 

 es. The beautiful 

 cylindrical cones are 

 from six to ten inches 

 long, light brown, and have 

 rather thick scales with tiny 

 prickles at the tips. The 

 needles and cones are very 

 ornamental, and they can be 

 used most effectively in deco- 

 ration. Indeed, for this pur- 

 pose I like the branches of 

 a Southern yellow pine better 

 than I do palm leaves. 



This pine furnishes the 

 most valuable and ornamental wood of all the ever- 



Southern Yellow Pine 



(Georgia Pine). 

 One scale of cone at A. 



