CONIFERS 



A knowledge of the use of the key will only be required of third year 

 students, but it is to be understood that such keys are useless as soon 

 as fresh species are added. 



Conifers, in imperfectly prepared 

 specimens, may be confused with: 



Broad-leaved woods with small Conifers [no pores of any kind in 



vessels [vessels abundant in Spring the inner (Spring) zone of the rings, 



(inner) zone of the ring, not less If pores are present in the middle 



than 100 per inch of arc of the or outer zones, then they never 



whole ring, often many hundreds] . exceed 50 per inch of arc of the 



See page 2, Key, page 50, Figs. 2, 3 whole ring]. See page 1, Key, 



and 10-12. page 48, Figs. 1 and 4-9: 



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