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nearly white; plump at their base and running to 

 a slim, sharp point, while the latter are longer, 

 blunt and darker colored. It is not hardier than 

 the Scotch pine, but holds its age better. It is 

 considered very valuable in its native home in the 

 mountainous parts of Austria, where it grows to 

 the height of 150 feet in some cases. 



Yellow Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Dougl., var. scop- 

 ulorum Kngelm. A medium-sized tree with red- 

 dish bark, and a yellow, rather resinous wood. 

 The leaves are from 3 to 5 inches long; and are in 

 twos or threes. The cones are 2 to 3 inches 

 long, and ripen in the fall of the second year. 



This interesting tree, which occurs so abundantly 

 in the Rocky mountains, is the only pine native to 

 Nebraska. It forms quite dense forests in the 

 northwestern and northern portions of the state, 

 extending from the Wyoming line along Pine 

 Ridge and the Niobrara river to Long Pine creek 

 in Brown and Rock counties. It occus also on the 

 North Platte river as far eastward as Deuel county. 

 In the Loup valley it originally grew in many can- 

 yons, and remnants still occur in Valley, Greeley 

 and Custer counties. It appears to be wanting in 

 the Republican valley. 



This is one of the hardiest of the pines. Fine 

 trees occur abundantly upon the sides and summits 

 of the rocky hills of the north and northwest por- 

 tions of the state. Good trees may be seen in 

 Dawes county, growing in the tough prairie sod, 

 with nothing to protect the trunk or roots from the 



