THE SUGAR PINE 



Pinus lambertiana DOUGL. 



BARK Brown or reddish-brown often with a purple 

 tinge, fissured into long finely broken plates. 

 Bark of young trees, smooth and grayish. 



LEAVES 5 in cluster, dark green, sharp pointed, and 

 from 3 to 4 inches long. 



CONE Large, from 12 to 20 inches long, pendulous, 

 light brown when mature, very resinous. Seeds 

 shed in autumn of second season. The cone per- 

 sists to the third season scales without knobs or 

 prickles. 



Ever since its discovery by David 

 Douglas, writers have vied with each 

 other in their attempt to adequately de- 

 scribe the majestic sugar pine. It is the 

 forest's choicest child upon whom she 

 has lavished consummate grace of 

 branch, leaf and cone. The upper 

 branches are widely spreading and 

 terminate in tapering upturned points, 

 except when weighted with clusters of 

 pendent cones. The lower branches are 

 inclined to droop like those of the Nor- 

 way spruce the whole giving the tree 

 a most picturesque aspect. The fine 

 fingered needles when caressed by 



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