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For these seedlings enter the world with what 
children call ‘‘a great plenty’’ of 
first leaves, from three to sixteen 
of them, ar- 
ranged like the 
spokes of a 
wheel (Fig.75). 
These are need- 
le-shaped, and 
the leaves which 
follow them are also needle- 
shaped or scale-like, and differ 
markedly from the broad, flat 
foliage borne by the beeches, 
oaks, and maples. 
Thus our fative cone-bearers 
are fitted to cope with the 
CN waa 
rather trying circumstances in 
which their lives are spent. 
For hemlocks, spruces, pines, 
firs, and red cedars inhabit 
coasts, mountains, and high 
latitudes. 
All down the Atlantic 
shore from Maine to southern aac dae 
Florida pines, cedars, and junipers form a natural 
