. The silva of North America [microform] : a description of the tree which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. Trees; Trees; Monocotyledons; Gymnosperms; Arbres; Arbres; Monocotylédones; Gymnospermes. Hi 1,' ' KM OF X niiy »( Moiiti'i'i-y. wIhtc it iM'('ii|iit'H an iirt'ii iilMiiit two iiiilt'M loii^ iiikI two liuiulicil yiwAn wiilf, cxtfinliiiif I'roiii ('_\|irt!HH I'niut Hoiithwiird to tliB nhoreN of ('iiriiicl Hay, uiid foriim a Niiialldi' ^rovc mi I'oiiit LoImih, tlii> Noutln'iii lioiiiiilary of tlui liay. In this rcHtricti'il region tlic Moiiti'rcy ('ypi'i'HH ^i
. The silva of North America [microform] : a description of the tree which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. Trees; Trees; Monocotyledons; Gymnosperms; Arbres; Arbres; Monocotylédones; Gymnospermes. Hi 1,' ' KM OF X niiy »( Moiiti'i'i-y. wIhtc it iM'('ii|iit'H an iirt'ii iilMiiit two iiiilt'M loii^ iiikI two liuiulicil yiwAn wiilf, cxtfinliiiif I'roiii ('_\|irt!HH I'niut Hoiithwiird to tliB nhoreN of ('iiriiicl Hay, uiid foriim a Niiialldi' ^rovc mi I'oiiit LoImih, tlii> Noutln'iii lioiiiiilary of tlui liay. In this rcHtricti'il region tlic Moiiti'rcy ('ypi'i'HH ^ivcs a |H' conlini'nt. 'I'lic U't^U lii'i);;lit iimI ^ranitf clilfH |ii'r|it'liially liatlii'il in Hjiray art> rrownt'd liy Nolitary. Nciitint'l-liki' ti'i'cH, willi low Hat lii'aiU and liranrlii'H contorted l>y the ^alcH of tilt I'acilic ; jimt hack of thi* clitl'H it foriim a ^rovt> hrokcii into ^raHN-covcrcd ^ladi'N hri^lit in early Mprinjr with cunnllcMS I'iiwcin. where Ncatlereil indiviiinaiN dinplay the ^reatcNt ni/.e and heaiity attained liy tliiH tree ; and farther inland it iiiin^ friadiially with I'iiiuh iiiiiiijiils, which at thii« puiiit Ih the iirincipal iniiahitaiit <d' tiie foreHtH of the low rolling coaNt-liiilN,' The wood of -d, easily worked, and slightly fra)j;rant, with a satiny sur- face .nisce|itihle of receiving a hcantifnl |iolish ; it is clear hri<{ht hrowii streaked with red ami yellow, with tiiin li^lit yeUiiw siipwood, and contains thin dark-eolored cons|iicu<iUH liaiids of Hinall Hiiininer- cells and nniiieriMis hardly distiii^iiishahle niediillary rays. The specitic );ravity of the ahsoliitely dry wood is 'Jtil, a ciihic foot wci^hin^ IS'.'J |i(innds. Although ita Hcedn appear to have reached Kn^land in ' Cii/irtustin )niirr(iinr/iii was first made known to hotaiiists in IS 17 liy Karl Tlieodor llartwejj,' who had found it at Cypress Point the previous antiimn.' It is now the most iiniversally cultivated (onife
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