270 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



found in the barren or sandy soils of southern Maine, 



northern Yermont, and westward to Minnesota. 1 



have never found it in the sandy valleys of the "White 



Mountain district. 

 Eed or Norway The red pine, which is usually called 

 Norway pine in ]S"ew Hampshire, is 

 one of the handsomest members of its 



family, especially when young. My 



drawings of the branches, taken 



from a young and an 



old tree, show how 



greatly these 



Pine. 



Pinus resinosa. 



Young Red or Norway Pine. 



differ. The needles of a young specimen are thick- 

 ly clustered along the stout and extremely ornamen- 

 tal branch which is terminated by a still thicker 

 cluster of long, dark-green needles. These branches 



