270 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



found in the barren or sandy soils of southern Maine, 



northern Vermont, and westward to Minnesota. I 



have never found it in the sandy valleys of the White 



Mountain district. 

 Bed or Norway The red pine, which is usually called 



Norway pine in New Hampshire, is 

 one of the handsomest members of its 



family, especially when young. My 



drawings of the branches, taken 



from a young and an 



old 



g 



Pine. 



Plnus resinosa. 



Young Red or Norway Pine. 



differ. The needles of a young specimen are thick- 

 ly clustered along the stout and extremely ornamen- 

 tal branch which is terminated by a still thicker 

 cluster of long, dark-green needles. These branches 



