THE PINES 225 



The bark of young trees and on the branches of old ones is 

 smooth and pale-gray. The leaves, five in the bundles, 

 range from one to four inches in length, still, blue-green, 

 whitened by two to six stripes on the inner side. The 

 cones are twelve to eighteen inches long, with thickened, 

 pointed scales ending in an abrupt beak. The larger 

 cone, denser, stiffer foliage, and the white bark make this 

 white pine of the western mountains a great contrast to 

 the Eastern white pine. 



Unlike many trees whose size diminishes with increase 

 in altitude, this wdiite pine grows to majestic size at alti- 

 tudes of nearly two miles, its noble figure more striking 

 and impressive because of the dwindling size of its com- 

 panions on the mountain-sides. The lumberman looks 

 with despair upon these giant white pines, quite out of his 

 reach. 



In the Arnold Arboretum in Boston a fine seedling 

 specimen of this western silver pine fruited when but 

 twelve feet high, and proves vigorous and altogether happy 

 in this absolutely changed climatic environment. In 

 Europe the same success attends the cultivation of these 

 trees, which have become very popular in parks and pri- 

 vate grounds. Their introduction into our Eastern states 

 can now be assured of success. 



The Sugar Pine 



P. Lamhcr Liana, Dougl. 



The sugar pine {see illustration, "page 231) belongs in 

 the class with those tree giants, the sequoias, with which 

 it grows in the mountain forests of Oregon and California. 

 John Muir calls it '' the largest, noblest, and most beautiful 



