FOREST TREES. 209 
The Austrian Pine has acquired much popularity, 
and is generally planted in this country for orna- 
ment. It is perfectly hardy in the most northern 
States, and adapts itself to a variety of soils. Its 
ornamental character is of that description which 
appears best at some distance. On close inspection 
its foliage appears coarse, stiff, and ungraceful; but 
seen farther off, a well-grown tree standing singly, is 
a picturesque and agreeable object in a landscape. 
It is well adapted to the formation of screens or 
windbreaks, as it grows rapidly, and its strong 
branches and rigid leaves do not yield readily to the 
force of the wind. When several feet high it does 
not transplant so easily as the Scotch Pine, unless it 
has previously been often removed or root-pruned, 
In the West, this species and the Scotch Pine are 
often greatly injured and sometimes destroyed by the 
attacks of the Sapsucker (sphyrapicus varius.) The 
only preventive appears to be powder and shot. 
9. Pinus resinosa—Red Pine. 
Leaves, five to six inches long, semi-cylindrical, 
dark green, from long sheaths; cones, two inches 
long, sometimes in large and close clusters; bark, 
reddish, rather smooth. 
The Red Pine, often wrongfully called Norway 
Pine, grows in the northern parts of the United 
States and in the British provinces. It is common 
in the northern parts of Michigan and Wisconsin. 
It grows in dry sandy soils to the height of seventy 
or eighty feet, with a diameter of two feet, and a 
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