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The F'ruit is not matured until the second year after its 

 flowers (hiennial). It is then a cone formed of the grown 

 and hardened fertile ament, with its scales generally thick- 



FiG. LVII.— Pinu^ Strobus, a young tree and grove. 



ened at the edge, at last relaxed and spreading, freeing the 

 2-winged seeds nurtured in the lap of each. The student 

 will not fail to notice the total absence of a style or stigma ; 



