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The Red Pine is native from Newfoundland to Manitoba and 

 south to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota, attaining a 

 height of 70 and even 100 feet. It is characterized principally 

 by its rather long, slender and flexible needles in twos and its dis- 

 tinctly reddish bark. It resembles most closely the Austrian Pine 

 except for the color of the bark and its more slender leaves. 

 Furthermore, the sheath at the base of the needle clusters in the 

 Red Pine is longer than in the Austrian. 



In the Lake States this tree is called Hard Pine to distinguish 

 it from the softer White Pine. In England it is known as 

 Canadian Red-Pine for it is imported from the Canadian prov- 

 inces. Norway Pine was applied by the early explorers who, in 

 some inexplicable manner, mistook it for Norway Spruce. 



The wood of Red Pine was extensively employed formerly, 

 entering into a number of products. In this country and in 

 England it was once popular as ship timber. The slender straight 

 trunks were selected for masts or sawed for decking. White 

 Pine probably surpassed it for masts and Live Oak from the 

 South was the primary wood for hulls. Today, however, its de- 

 creased supply has given way to the yellow pine of the South. 

 Large quantities, nevertheless, still enter the trade. 



Let us now stand by the uppermost of those small Pitch Pines 

 and turn our attention to the remaining trees on the western side 

 of this knoll. The largest one nearest the top of the slope and 

 the Museum as well is a Scotch Pine. West of it is a group of 

 Tack Pines with smaller Korean Pines on the other side of them. 

 The tree at the foot of the incline on the extreme left is another 

 Scotch Pine. Just to the right of it are three trees in a row 

 limning from us. The first and nearest to us is 



Pinus sylvestris var. argentea, the Silvery Scotch-Pine 

 This is a natural variation with silvery leaves, found in the 

 Caucasus. The feature may not always be apparent as is the case 

 very frequently with many similar varieties. W r e shall meet other 

 specimens in the next Section. 



The second tree in the row is a plain Scotch Pine and the third 

 and younger one nearer the path is 



