. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE PINE. 259 Bat, alas for tlie white pine! it has been so extensive- ly used for building purposes, and many regions that were supposed to contain inex- haustible supplies have been so completely stripped of all valu- able timber, that the day is ap- proaching when the pine forest will be no more. The beautiful grove known as the Cathedral "Woods, in North Conway, E". H., is rap- idly falling a victim to the axe. The life of a tree is considered of less value than its timber; and our State Legislatures seem unable to exert their power of e
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE PINE. 259 Bat, alas for tlie white pine! it has been so extensive- ly used for building purposes, and many regions that were supposed to contain inex- haustible supplies have been so completely stripped of all valu- able timber, that the day is ap- proaching when the pine forest will be no more. The beautiful grove known as the Cathedral "Woods, in North Conway, E". H., is rap- idly falling a victim to the axe. The life of a tree is considered of less value than its timber; and our State Legislatures seem unable to exert their power of eminent domain in behalf of the tree, although no end of it has been expended in obtaining highways for the locomotive. The white pine has the softest and most delicate needle of all the species. It grows in a little bunch of five, and varies in length from three to four inches. Its color is a clear, lightish green, with a trifle of whitish bloom. The cone, from four to six inches long, is narrow and slightly curved ; it has no pricHe at the tip of the rather thin scales. This pine is common from Maine westward to Minnesota and eastern Iowa; southward it extends along the Alleghany Mountains to Georgia. On. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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