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furrowed on the upper; and of a dark green coloiir; never more than two occupy one sheath. In New 

 York, under the forty-first degree of north latitude this Pine blossoms at the beginning of JNIay, and the 

 seed is ripe in November. The cones diminish to a point. Their length is not much more than two 

 inches, and the thickness at the base, is about an inch and a half The scales are of a hard, woody 



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texture, and of a yello\A'ish brown colour, and a sharp woody spine projects from each. These spines 



are never curved, but invariably straight. 



Kalm mentions a curious fact relative to this particular species. In the heat of summer, he says, 

 the cattle resort to its shade in preference to that of any other tree, the foliage of which may be much 

 thicker; he liimself saw them studiously singling out P. inops, in the wilds of America, See Travels 

 in J<[ortli America, Fosters ed. v. 1. 336. Flence it seems that the resinous effluvia of this tree is pecu- 

 llarly agreeable to such animals. 



One of the finest Jersey Pines that I have seen is in a plantation by the road side at Mr. Home's, 



near Southampton. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 13. 



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a, A. Male Catkin. 



B, B. Antherse. 



c, C. Female Catkin. 



D. 



e. 



f. 



h. 

 I. 



Point of one of the scales 



Ripe cone. 



One of its scales. 



Seeds. 



Leaves with their sheath. 



Point of a leaf. 



