MOUNTAIN TREES 



for a number of years and then after 

 that will come a year or years of abun- 

 dance when every branch is hanging low 

 under its weight of pendent cones. 



The flowers appear late in January 

 very early in the season for a tree of 

 such altitudes. Male and female are 

 borne on the same branch, but on differ- 

 ent twigs or on different trees. Many 

 people do not even suspect that a pine 

 tree or a cedar has a blossom, but once 

 they see the male blossoms of the cedar, 

 yellow with their loads of pollen and so 

 thick that the tree is one mass of gold, 

 they will never again doubt their exist- 

 ence. It may here be remarked that it 

 is always the female blossom which de- 

 velops into the cone. 



The Incense cedar requires more 

 moisture than the Yellow pine and is 

 therefore restricted to the large valleys 

 and vicinity of streams. It can be 

 propagated from cuttings taken from the 

 branches of one year's growth, and is 

 kindly adaptable to home gardens. 



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