. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. THE EVERGREENS 113 A pine forest with its fresli balsam air and needle-covered floor is a sight to Ije long remembered. The wood of the evergreens is usually classed among the soft timbers, although the yellow pine is far from soft. 59. White Pine. The king among evergreens is usu- ally admitted to be the white pine. Its soft, bluish-green foliage, the widesj)reading branches, and the value of its fine, even-grained wood give it the first rank. Pines have needle-shaped leaves which grow in groups of two, three, or five. White pine nee- dles grow in gr
. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. THE EVERGREENS 113 A pine forest with its fresli balsam air and needle-covered floor is a sight to Ije long remembered. The wood of the evergreens is usually classed among the soft timbers, although the yellow pine is far from soft. 59. White Pine. The king among evergreens is usu- ally admitted to be the white pine. Its soft, bluish-green foliage, the widesj)reading branches, and the value of its fine, even-grained wood give it the first rank. Pines have needle-shaped leaves which grow in groups of two, three, or five. White pine nee- dles grow in groujjs of five and are from three to fom' inches long. The cones which contain the seeds are about five inches long. The tree grows tall and straight, and formerly grew in great forests covering thousands of square miles; the wood is so free from pitch and is so easily worked with tools that these great forests have been almost annihilated by the lumberman's ax, and white-pine timljer has become cjuite expensive. It takes many years for a tree to grow large enough for timber, and unless we are more economical in the futm-e white pine will be only a Fig. 123. Needles and Cone of White Piue. 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 Foster, Edwin W. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn & company
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