. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Gray Pine 43 about mm. thick, soft and flexible, slightly toothed, taper-pointed by a sharp thickened tip, with 2 or 3 resin-ducts, one of which is frequently found in the inner tissue, and 2 fibrovascular bundles; they are crowded, and persist for two or three years. The staminate flowers are in crowded clusters, cylindric, about 12 mm. long, 3 mm. thick, their anthers yeUow. The pistil- late flowers are lat- eral, a
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Gray Pine 43 about mm. thick, soft and flexible, slightly toothed, taper-pointed by a sharp thickened tip, with 2 or 3 resin-ducts, one of which is frequently found in the inner tissue, and 2 fibrovascular bundles; they are crowded, and persist for two or three years. The staminate flowers are in crowded clusters, cylindric, about 12 mm. long, 3 mm. thick, their anthers yeUow. The pistil- late flowers are lat- eral, at some distance away from the end of the twig, slender- stalked, subglobose, 6 mm. long, their scales broad, ovate, their bracts elliptic. The cones, maturing the second autumn, are short-stalked, re- flexed, single or in clusters of 2 or 3, conic when closed, ovoid when open, to S cm. long, red- Fig. 33-- Spruce Pine. dish brown and somewhat shining, opening and shedding the seed soon after ripening, and persist on the branches for two or three years; scales thin, shghtly concave, rounded, only slightly thickened and scarcely ridged, the dull knob small and terminated by a small usually deciduous prickle; they are dull purple on the unexposed surfaces. The seed is nearly triangular, 4 mm. long, its sides rounded, dark gray and slightly roughened and mottled; the wing is thin and delicate, cm. long, 6 mm. wide, dark brown and shining, broadest about the middle; coty- ledons 5 or 6. The wood is soft, weak, and brittle, very close-grained, light brown with few and small resin bands; its specific gravity is about It is not durable and but little used, being seldom cut for lumber but to some extent for fuel. The tree is also known as Cedar pine. Poor pine and Walter's 32. GRAY PINE — Piniis Banksiana Lambert Pinus sylvestris divaricata Aiton. Pinus divaricata (Aiton) Gordon A northern tree, ranging from Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territory and south to Main
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