The Pines 



preferred, because it is less resinous and softer and so more easily 

 worked. Doors, sash and blinds are made of it and interior finish 

 of houses. It is the common "yellow pine" of the Middle 

 West, brought north on the river. It is the ** North Carolina 

 pine " which the kiln-drying process cured of its "black sap " and 

 made a beautiful finishing lumber. 



The Monterey Pine (P. radJaia, D. Don.), like its com- 

 panion, Torrey's pine, is restricted to a very narrow range. 

 They occur together in Santa Rosa Island, and each has a narrow 

 strip of territory on the mainland of southern California. On 

 Point Pinos, south of Monterey Bay, P. radiata is most abundant 

 and grows to lOO feet in height, with trunks occasionally 5 or 6 

 feet in diameter. Its wood is soft and weak. 



The bright rich green of the leaves, which never linger 

 more than 3 years to dull the freshness of the new ones, and 

 a silvery sheen the young growth wears, make this tree one of 

 the handsome pines. Its quick growth also destines it for pop- 

 ularity with landscape gardeners wherever the climate is mild 

 enough in winter. It is a favourite park tree from Vancouver 

 Island down the coast to its natural range. It has long been 

 planted in pleasure grounds of western and southern Europe, 

 and occasionally in our Southeastern States. 



Red or Norway Pine {P. resinosa, Ait.) Large, broadly 

 pyramidal tree, 75 to 120 feet high, branched to the ground, 

 with stout twigs. Bark shallowly furrowed into flat, scaly 

 ridges, reddish brown, rich in tannin; branches rough, glabrous. 

 Wood pale red, light, hard, resinous; sap wood yellow or white. 

 Buds conical, tapering, with loose, red scales. Leaves in clusters 

 of twos, from close, persistent sheaths, ^ inch long; needle- 

 like, dark green, 6 inches long, sharp pointed, flexible semi- 

 circular in cross section, toothed near tip, with rows of pale dots 

 lengthwise. Flozvers: staminate red, abundant, clustered at base 

 of season's shoot; pistillate i to 3, terminal, peduncled, red- 

 dish, oval. Fruits ovate, 1 to 3 inches long, standing at right 

 angles with stem; biennial; scales thickened, 4-angled at apex, 

 unarmed; seeds winged. Preferred habitat, dry, sandy plains 

 and rocky ridges. Distribution, southern Canada, Northern 

 States from Maine to Minnesota; south to Pennsylvania. Uses: 

 Most picturesque and desirable of pitch pines for ornamental 

 planting in the North; grows rapidly from seed; free from insect 



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