CONE-BEARING TREES. 



Genus PIN US, L. (Pine.) 



From a Celtic word meaning rock or mountain. 



Fig. 79. Gray Pine, Northern Scrub Pine, Prince's Pine. 



P. Banksiana, Lam. 



Leaves, SIMPLE ; INDETERMINATE in position because of 

 their closeness, but arranged along the branches in 

 two-leaved, sheathed bunches. 



Leaf, needle-shape, about one inch long, pointed, stiff, 

 curved, rounded on the back, grooved above. 



Cones, nearly two inches long, gray, usually in pairs, and 

 curved like small horns, with a peculiar habit of 

 always pointing in the same direction as the branches. 

 Scales, blunt, smooth, not armed with points or knobs. 



Found, along the northern frontier of the United States 

 and far northward. Its best growth is north of 

 Lake Superior. 



A small evergreen tree, or often a shrub, five to thirty 

 feet high, with long, spreading branches, and light, soft 

 wood that is of but slight value. 



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