164 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
produce but few small fibrous roots; but this is partially 
obviated when they are grown in nurseries and frequently 
transplanted while young. The leaves are more or less 
long and slender, and grow in clusters of two to five, 
inclosed in a sheath at the base. Fig. 43 shows the leaves, 
natural size, of the Jersey Pine (Pinus inops). The leaves 
and cones are the two most prominent characteristics that 
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Fig. 43. Fig. 44. Fig. 45. 
I shall use in describing the following species. The trees 
all blossom in spring; but it requires two years for the 
cones to mature; seeds winged. 
Fig. 44 shows a seed of Pinus rigida, natural size, two 
of these being produced at the base of each scale of the 
cone. The cones should be gathered so soon as they mar 
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