PINE FAMILY. © 335 - 
Poor or Desrtrure Prxus. Jersey or Scrub Pine. 
a ao 40 feet high, with straggling branches. Leaves 134 to near 3 inches long. 
Sta ; Violet- Ceuking Cones 2-4 inches long. 
r+ soon hills, &c. New Jersey, southw: 
‘Obs. The wood of this tree is said to be of but little value. 
2. P. resino’sa, Ait. Leaves from long sheaths, semi-cylindrical , 
scales of the cones pointless 
Restnous Pinus. - Red Pine. 
Trunk 70-80 feet in height and of a 
i hep papten tat Leaves 5-6 inches a Pag green, ries aber Avant — some- 
m Clust 
w England to Pennsylvania, north and west. 
hin hg tree is kn sao in Dee England as the Norway Pine, a 
h is applied in Europe to quite another ne The wood is 
ateable, Ae less so than that of the Pitch Pin 
3. P. mi itis, Mz. Leaves in pairs, often in ari ak ia ors 
from long sheaths ; cones ovoid-conical, small; scales with a small, w 
pric 
Sorr Pryus. Yellow Pine (of the North). 
Stem 40 - 60 or 80 feet high, and 1-2 feet or more in diameter, with the bark in rather 
broad flat scales. Leaves 3~5 inches long, slender, linear, dark ene, a pairs 
Copeteaes in threes, on young me Strobiles (or ae) 3 2- long. 
w England to undant in New Jers 
acum ie tree affords valuable lumber,—and is much \ employed. _ 
construction of houses, and merchant vessels; but is 
in qualits to the Yellow Pine of the South 
tt Leaves in threes, (rarely sometimes in fours.) 
4 P. rig’ida, Miller. Leaves rigid, from very short sheaths; cones 
ovoid-cofedl or ovate, often clustered; scales with a short and stout 
recurved prickle. 
Rici Pinus. Pitch Pine. 
Trunk t high, rugged and knotty from the Means ot my fallen branches. Leaves 
3~5 inches ion a green, seek: Sones 1-314 inches lon on 
Sterile soil : New w England, southward 
Obs. This species in — and oo cake forms me where 
eg any ober: treo Tia wood is | filled with re- 
5. P, ees L. Lars ng a ie wih lng heats ‘cones 
scales with a short incurved spine. is 
Loblolly or Old Field Pine. 
