Dendrology 



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B. Leaves scale-like, 

 very small and 

 closely pressed to 

 the twig ; Branches 

 flattened: cones 

 very small 'with 

 scales opposite and 

 in pairs. 



The white cedar. 



II. Fruit a small, fleshy, 

 blue berry : leaves 

 scale-like, also awl- 

 shaped : branches 

 not flattened. 



The red cedar. 



The pines. Figs. 3, 4 



The pines are very 

 ancient trees, having 

 evergreen needle- 

 shaped leaves and 

 bearing their seed in 

 cones. They are 

 amongst the foremost 

 lumber trees in this 

 country. They pro- 

 duce hard and soft 

 wood marked by light 

 and dark bands of 

 wood in which there 

 is much resin, ureat 

 pine forests once oc- 



Fio. 3. 



■ Mature white pine. 

 seed tree. 



- A good 



