202 POPULAR FLORA. 
Pine. Pinus. : 
* Leaves 2 or 8 in a sheath, rigid: bark of tree rough: scales of the cones woody, thickened on the 
back at the end, and commonly tipped with a prickly point. 
1. Jersey or Scorus Pine. Leaves in twos, only about 2’ long. A straggling-tree, S. & E. P. inops. 
2. Rep Prine (wrongly called Norway Pine); leaves in twos, 5! or 6! long; scales of the cones not 
pointed. A large tree, N. P. resinosa. 
8. YELLOW Pine. Leaves slender, in twos or threes, 3! to 5! long; cones small, their scales tipped 
with a weak prickly point. P. mitis. 
4. Pircn Pine. Leaves rigid, dark green, in threes, 8' to 5! long; cones with a stout prickly point 
(Fig. 224). Common N. P. rigida. 
45. LOBLOLLY Prinz. Leaves in threes, 6! to 10’ long, light green; cones 8! to 5'long. Light or ex- 
hausted soil. S. P. Teda. 
6, LonG-LEAVED Prinz. Leaves in threes, 8 to 11! long, dark green; cones 6! to 8’ long. Common 
S.& E. 7 P. australis. 
* * Leaves 5 together, slender: bark of young tree smooth: scales of cone naked and not thickened. 
7. Wurre Ping. Leaves pale green; cones narrow, 4! or 5! long, hanging. A large tree, in moist 
woods North, with soft light wood. P. Strobus, 
Larch. Larix. 
1. AmeRicAN LarcH or Tamarack. Leaves very slender, short; cones not over 1' long, of few 
rounded scales. Swamps, N. L. Americana. 
2. EuRoPEAN Larcu. A cultivated tree, with longer leaves and much larger cones than our wild 
species, the scales three times as many. L. Europea. 
Fir or Spruce. Abies. : 
* Cones upright on short side-shoots, falling into pieces when ripe, the scales separating from the axis; 
leaves flat, becoming more or less 2-ranked, whitish beneath. 
1. Batsam Fir. Leaves narrowly linear; cones cylindrical, 8! or 4' long, 1! thick, bluish. Damp 
woods and swamps, N. A. balsimea. 
* * Cones hanging from the ends of branches, not falling to pieces. 
2, Hemiockx Spruce. Leaves linear, flat, 4! long, 2-ranked; cones oval, #/ long. Hills. A. Canadénsis. 
8. BLack Spruce. Leaves needle-shaped, 4-sided, not 2-ranked, uniformly green; cones ovate, 1! to 
14! long, with thin edged scales. Swamps and cold woods. A. nigra, 
4, WmirE or SincLE Spruce. Cones oblong-cylindrical, 1' or 2! long, the scales with thickish edges: 
otherwise nearly like the last: found only at the North. A, alba. 
5. Norway Spruce. Cones cylindrical, 5! to 7! long; leaves longer than in our wild speciés. A 
handsomer tree, from Europe, now commonly planted as an evergreen. A, excélsa. 
Juniper. Juniperus. 
1. Common Junrrer. Shrub spreading; leaves in whorls of three, linear-awl-shaped, prickly-pointed, 
green beneath, white above; berries dark purple. Dry hills, N. J. comminis. 
2, Savin J. or Rep Cepar. Shrub or tree; leaves small and much crowded, awl-shaped and loose 
on vigorous shoots; on others smaller, scale-like, and closely overlying each other in 4 ranks; 
berries purplish with a white bloom. Dry hills. Wood reddish, very durable. J. Virginiana. 
