S0OTANICAL GAZETTE 
OCTOBER, 1893. 
The fructification of J juniperus. ? 
JOHN G. JACK. 
WITH PLATE XXXIII. 
mong the true pines, or genus Pinus as it is now 
» and defined by most systematists, and in that section 
Mus Quercus classified under Melanobalanus or black 
frees are moncecious and blossom in the spring or 
mer, the young fruits being only partially or slightly 
at the end of the first season’s growth and not fip- 
the autumn of the second year. The sequoias of 
af also said to be biennial fruited, and it has been 
a € cones of several species of Pinus require three 
ative at maturity. : a 
Lhazel, Hamamelis Virginiana L., and the sea- 
Alnus maritima Muhl., differ from these in only 
one Season of growth from the flower to the ripe 
‘ough the blossoming takes place in the autuma, 
among the black oaks and the pines, in ae 
~ Necessary for maturation approximates eligi 
* &F two summers and one winter. 3 
G, A. A. A. S., Madison Meeting, August, 1893. 
s ~No. 10, 
