PINE FAMILY 



The boughs of the Balsam Fir are sought by the northern 

 hunter, fisherman, or tourist to make his wildwood bed. They 

 possess an elastic quality which fits them for the purpose. 

 The dried leaves are the material of which the much prized 

 fir pillows are made. 



The cones are produced in great numbers, they sit erect 

 in rows on the upper side of the branches, are two to four 

 inches long, an inch or more thick, cylindrical, with rounded 

 ends. Bluish purple when young, they are often so abundant 

 on the upper branches that they give a soft purple haze to 

 the top of the tree. 



In appearance the Balsam Fir resembles the Silver Fir of 

 Europe which is a much finer tree. 



BALD CYPRESS. DECIDUOUS CYPRESS 



Taxbdium distichum. 



The Bald Cypress is a southern tree growing in swamps 

 and beside rivers, ranging from Delaware to Florida along 

 the coast and in the Mississippi valley, growing as far north 

 as southern Indiana. It is frequently planted in the parks 

 and lawns of northern Ohio where it is perfectly hardy and 

 becomes a tall, slender, spiry tree. Like the Tamarack its 

 leaves are deciduous, falling in October. These are of two 

 kinds ; the ordinary leaf is narrowly linear, flat, thin, one-half 

 to three-fourths of an inch long, one-twelfth of an inch 

 wide, apparently two - ranked ; when full grown is bright 

 yellow green both above and below. In autumn they turn 

 a dull orange brown before falling. The scale-like leaves 

 appear on the flowering stem. The cones are globular or 

 obovate, usually about an inch in diameter and appear irreg- 

 ularly along the branch. 



This is the tree that when growing in the swamps forms 

 the well-known cypress-knees. These are a development of 

 the roots and appear in greatest size and numbers when the 

 tree grows on submerged land. It seems to be an effort of 

 the roots to get out of water and into the air. 



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