MOUNTAIN TREES 



As suggested by Mr. J. G. Lemmon, 

 this and the other nut pines represent 

 the "provident, liberal element" in the 

 pine family. They bend their bountiful 

 stores of nuts on low-hanging branches 

 and grow where no other food tree could 

 exist. The scales of the cones are un- 

 armed with prickles and bear the larg- 

 est, most nutritious and delicious seeds 

 of any of the pines. 



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