FOREST 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 
structure 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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