THE PINE. 



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cuKarly aesthetic light green entirely unlike the color 

 of any other pine tree. 



The grayish, blue-green needle is from two to two 

 and a half inches long, curved, twisted, and grows in 

 pairs. The very odd-looking cones are from two to 

 three inches long, tapering, angular-sealed, and they 

 require two years in which to ripen ; the scales are 

 tipped with a recurved prickle. The trunk of the 

 Scotch pine is a warm, ruddy buff color. The little 

 twigs are yellowish, and the needles grow thickly at 

 the ends of the branchlets. This 

 tree furnishes the wood called deal, 

 so commonly used in Europe. 

 Table Mountain The Table 

 Pine. Mountain or 



Mnus pungens. • i i 



^ " pnckly pme 



is an inhabitant of the 

 Alleghany Mountains, 

 and is found from 

 Pennsylvania to South 

 Carolina. Its stout 

 needles are about two 

 inches long, flat, and 

 dark, bluish green ; they grow in bunches of two and 

 sometimes three. The cone is about three inches or 



Table Mountain Pine. 



descriptions of the autumnal coloring of many trees and their 

 leaves. 



