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Notice how the new cones are borne with reference to last sea- 

 son's growth. Are they attached to the tip of a branchlet? Or 

 are they closely attached to the side of a branch ? Figs. 42 and 

 43 will help us answer this question. The little cones in Fig. 43, 

 near the tip of the twig, are just beginning to form. 



The pitch pine 

 usually grows in 

 sandy or rocky 

 soil and is 

 found in the 

 United S tates 

 along the Atlan- 

 tic coast to Vir- 

 ginia, along the 

 mountains to 

 Georgia, west- 

 ward to Western 

 New York, East- 

 ern Ohio, Ken- 

 tucky and East- 

 ern Tennessee. 

 It has little value 

 as timber, be- 

 cause it does not 

 grow large 

 enough, 



SCOTCH AND AUSTRIAN PINKS. 



In the same manner, other pines may be studied. Fig. 44 

 shows a cone and bit of foliage of the Scotch pine, and Fig. 45 

 the Austrian pine. These cones grew the past season and are 

 not yet mature. After they ripen and shed the seeds which they 

 contain, they will look something like the cone in Fig. 41. The 

 Scotch pine has short and blue-green needles. The Austrian 

 pine is coarser, and has long dark-green needles. 



There are but two leaves in a cluster on these kinds of pines 

 and we shall find that the sheath which incloses the base of the 

 leaf -cluster is more conspicuous than in either the white or pitch 

 pines. Do the leaves persist in the Scotch and Austrian pines 



42. Pitch pine. One-third natural size. 



