166 ARBOR DAY. 



though I do not know why. I never lived in Norway, 

 but am only found in North America. I am a tall, 

 straight tree, with long, evergreen leaves, in clusters of 

 two. I grow slowly, making valuable timber, which is 

 much harder than that of white pine. For ornamental 

 purposes I much resemble Austrian pine, though much 

 superior to that tree, if we rely on the opinions of noted 

 horticulturists. 



White Oak: The White Pine and Red Pine have a 

 sister Pine in Michigan. We shall now give her an 

 opportunity to speak. 



Grey Pine (Rose) : I am a tree of small size, found on 

 poor land in Northern Michigan. When young my 

 growth is rapid ; my leaves grow in pairs and are quite 

 short. My wood abounds in pitch. I am known by a 

 variety of names, as Scrub Pine, Jack Pine, Buckwheat 

 Pine, Black Pine, Crocodile Pine, but the name I like the 

 best is Pinus banksiana. I want to tell you what Ruskin 

 says : " The tremendous unity of the pine absorbs and 

 molds the life of a race. The pine shadows rest upon a 

 nation. The northern people, century after century, lived 

 under one or other of the two great powers of the pine 

 and the sea, both infinite. They dwelt amidst the forests 

 or they wandered on the waves, and saw no end nor any 

 other horizon. Still the dark green trees or the dark 

 green waters jagged the dawn with their fringe or their 



