FOEEST TREES 



of heavy snows. This is often the 

 time when it is most picturesque. 



The representatives of the white pine 

 in the West are the silver pine and 

 the sugar pine. Though both may be 

 easily recognized as near relatives of 

 the eastern species, either by the typical 

 form of the cones or by the plan and 

 structm^e of the foliage, each of the 

 western trees possesses a majesty and 

 beauty of its own. The silver pine is 

 more compact in its branches than the 

 white pine, and has somewhat denser and 

 more rigid foliage. Its dark aspect is 

 well suited to the mountains and ridges 

 of the Northwest, where it commonly 

 abounds. The sugar pine, which is the 

 tallest of all pines, impresses us by its 

 picturesque individuality. Its great 

 perpendicular trunk not infrequently 

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