. Rod and gun. iaracteristics wliieli dis-tinguish the specie.* arequite clear and easilyrecognizable. The leaves,which are arranged inpaii-s in a sheath, areabout one inch in length,flat on tlie interior androunded on tlie exteriorsides. The cones arecommonly in twos ormore, and are pointingin the same direction asthe branches. They arecurved a little to oneside, and are very hardand tliorny. Their greycolor is supposed to bethe reason for the name(irey Pine, which ^lich-aux reports as the namemost generally used inCanada. Michauxs descrip-tion of the distributionof this tree is intere.«ting,
. Rod and gun. iaracteristics wliieli dis-tinguish the specie.* arequite clear and easilyrecognizable. The leaves,which are arranged inpaii-s in a sheath, areabout one inch in length,flat on tlie interior androunded on tlie exteriorsides. The cones arecommonly in twos ormore, and are pointingin the same direction asthe branches. They arecurved a little to oneside, and are very hardand tliorny. Their greycolor is supposed to bethe reason for the name(irey Pine, which ^lich-aux reports as the namemost generally used inCanada. Michauxs descrip-tion of the distributionof this tree is intere.«ting,though tlie facts sincegatliered have shown itsincompleteness in somerespects. It is ; follows ; In the environs ofHudsons Bay and of thegreat Misstassini Lakesthe trees which composetlie forests a few degreesfarther south disappearalmost, entirely in conse-quence of the severity ofthe winter and the ster-ility of the soil. Theface of the country isalmost everywherebroken h\ innumerable. PiSUS These trees grew up suriouuded by numeious couipauions, and iu their efforts toreach the light produced long, straight stems, branchless until near the top. lakes, and covered by large rocks piled upon each other andusually overgrown with large black lichens, which deepen theuloomy aspect of these desolate and ahno.«l uninhabitableregions. Here and there in the intervals of the rocks are seena few individuals of this species of pine, which fructify and evenexhibit the appearance of decrepitude at a height of three hundred and fifty miles farthersouth its vegetation is morevigorous, but it is still not more than eight or ten feet high andin Xova Scotia, where it is contined to the summit of the rocks,it rarely exceeds this stature. Professoi Macoun finds that this tree extends from Halifaxin Nova Scotia, north-westerly to the Athabasca River, nearold Fort Assiniboine, and northerly down the Mackenzie Riverto the arctic circle. In the East it scarcely forms
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