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two red pines in the Broad street cemetery, near the 

 Summer street gate, at the right of the path. This 

 tree is sometimes called Norway pine, a very misleading 

 name. 



Our native pines may be distinguished by counting 

 the leaves in each little bundle. Those of the white 

 pine are in fives, the pitch pine in threes and those of 

 the red pine in twos. 



There is a good specimen of the Austrian pine of 

 Europe (Pinus laricio austriaca) in front of Mr. F. R. 

 Kimball's residence on Washington square ; there is 

 another in the Howard street cemetery, near Bridge 

 street, and several at Dr. Mack's farm on the hill in 

 North Salem. The leaves are in twos like those of the 

 red pine which the Austrian piue closely resembles. 



The Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) of Europe is 

 grown occasionally in Salem. One may be seen on the 

 turnpike just before reaching the Sutton road on the 

 right, and ancither on Lynde street, at the rear of the 

 house recently occupied byEev. Mr. Franks, and there 

 are others at Mr. Robert Manning's and at Mr. Dugan's 

 on Dearborn street. The leaves of this pine also are 

 in pairs. 



The black spruce (Picea nigra) is a native of the 

 county, growing near the Chebacoo ponds, in Pine 

 Swamp, Ipswich, and in various parts of the county. 

 It is not an attractive tree. There is a specimen in the 

 yard of Mrs. G. W. Rogers' house, 128 Federal street. 

 A black spruce, just back of the houses on the main 

 street in Wenham, blown down a few years since, 

 measured over six feet in circumference and was more 

 than ninety feet in height. It was planted, together with 

 other trees, by Dr. Kilham, at the early part of this 



