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2. The shape, color, and arrangement of the foliage. 



3. The soft, easy-splitting, and resinous wood. 



4. Striking differences between evergreens and deciduous 

 trees. 



FIG. 51. SPRAY OF WHITE PINE WITH YOUNG CONE. 

 Below, a bundle of five leaves. Both nearly natural size. 



The little catkins around the base of this young shoot 

 carry the stamens. About the middle of June, when they 

 are mature, they shed a yellow pollen and then wither and 

 fall off, as we have observed. The small green bodies at- 



Observe woodpeckers, chickadees, blue jays, hawks, and owls. 



