THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
tree, common in the Northern States. In 
Northern New York, and perhaps elsewhere, it 
is called Norway Pine. 
Pinus mitis (Yellow Pine).—Leaves long 
and slender, three to five inches, usually in 
twos, but sometimes threes; cones oblong coni- 
cal, two inches long, scales tipped with very 
small prickles; New England, New Jersey, and 
southward ; fifty to sixty feet high; wood fine- 
grained and valuable. 
Pinus eLasra (Smooth-leaved Pine).—There 
is some doubt about this being a distinct species. 
Chapman, in his “ Botany of the Southern 
States,” describes it as such. Leaves three to 
four inches long, in twos; cones two inches 
Fig. 41. 
long. It is called Spruce Pine at the South; 
and is probably only a variety of the last. I 
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