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that spread out to form an attractive top. The bark is reddish and rough, "Hie leaves 

 emerge in pairs from the same sheath. They are long, narrow, point ed, and a glaucous 

 green. The fruits, or cones, are big and rounded oval. They're composed of thick scales, 

 wide at their tip, that cover two big brown seeds with a kernel of white flesh with a 

 pleasant taste. 



FLOWERS: in April and May. 



RANGE: southern France; common along the seashore between Frejus and 

 Cannes. 



USES. In the south the kernels are served at the table. They're called sweet 

 nutmeats [Translator's note: also called pine nuts]. They can be eaten fresh or dried, or a 

 third of their weight can be extracted as a sweet oil. They have the same medicinal 

 properties as pistachios and almonds. 



The wood of this pine tree is white and less resinous than that of the others. It's 

 made into barrels for pumps, boards, and bulwarks for ships. 



The Weymouth pine, Pinus strobus, LINN., is a tree from Carolina and Canada, 

 where its trunk grows a hundred feet tall. Its bark is gray and perfectly smooth. The 

 leaves, in groups of five in the same sheath, are very slender. They re-grow each year in 

 the spring. The fruits or cones are pedunculate, cylindrical, droop downward and are four 

 or five inches long. Their scales are thin, separated, and cover seeds that are eaten like 

 those of the above tree. 



FLOWERS: in April. 



RANGE: North America; acclimatized in the vicinity of Paris. The harshness of 

 our winters doesn't bother them at all. 



