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long, in clusters of three, firm, rigid, pale yellow or bluish 

 green, cover the tree with a sparse thin foliage-mass; 

 but the branches, new and old, are covered with cones, 

 many of which are being swallowed up by the growth 

 of wood on trunk and limb. Thirty or forty years these 

 cones may hang, their seeds never released and never losing 

 their vitality, until fire destroys the tree. Then the scales 

 open and the winged seeds are scattered broadcast. 

 They germinate and cover the deforested slopes with a 

 crop of knob-cone pine saplings that soon claim all stand- 

 ing room and cover the scars of fire completely. 



The Monterey Pine 



P. radiata, D. Don. 



The Monterey pine, like its companion, the Torrey pine, 

 is restricted to a very narrow area. They grow together 

 on Santa Rosa Island. At Point Pinos, south of Monterey 

 Bay, this tree stands a hundred feet in height, with trunks 

 occasionally five to six feet in diameter, its branches 

 spreading into a round luxuriant, though narrow, head. 

 From Pescadero to San Simeon Bay, in a narrow belt a 

 few miles wide, and on the neighboring islands, this 

 tree finds its limited natural range; but the horticulturist 

 has noted the silvery sheen of its young growth and the 

 rich bright green that never dulls in its foliage. Its quick 

 growth and handsome form in cultivation make it the 

 most desirable pine for park and shade planting in Califor- 

 nia. Indeed it is a favorite park tree north to Vancouver 

 along the Coast. It has been introduced into Europe 

 and is occasionally met in parks in the Southeastern states. 



