. Eyes and no eyes. TREES WHICH BEAR uONES. 49 Larch cones are quite small, not more than aninch in length; they grow along the twigs in a woody scales do not fit very tightly together. I think youcan find the conesof all these treesexcept the course youmust look for firand larch conesin the autumn,because theyripen each year,but pine-conesare on the treesall the yearround. If youlook at any ofthese trees in thespring and earlysummer, you will see theirstamen - catkins hangingfrom the branches, andthe yellow pollen blowingabout in clouds so as totall on the young cones. Pines,
. Eyes and no eyes. TREES WHICH BEAR uONES. 49 Larch cones are quite small, not more than aninch in length; they grow along the twigs in a woody scales do not fit very tightly together. I think youcan find the conesof all these treesexcept the course youmust look for firand larch conesin the autumn,because theyripen each year,but pine-conesare on the treesall the yearround. If youlook at any ofthese trees in thespring and earlysummer, you will see theirstamen - catkins hangingfrom the branches, andthe yellow pollen blowingabout in clouds so as totall on the young cones. Pines, firs, and cedars are evergreen trees. Theirleaves remain on the tree three years or more;and as the branches are not of the same age, theleaves fall ofP in difPerent years, so that the treesare always green. But the larch sheds its leavesevery year, and you may easily know it in the. TWIGS OF YEW. 1. With Flowers in Spring. 2. With red Cup and Seed inAutumn. 50 TREES AND SHRUBS. autumn by its bare drooping boughs covered withsmall brown cones. Pines and firs will flourish in very poor soil andtheir seeds grow up easily. If you are near a pinewood, or a wood of mixed trees with pines or firsin it, try and find a seedling tree. It is curious tolook at, for it shoots up with a long, thin stalk, andcarries up the seed-coat with it. When this coatfalls off, you see five or six long seed-leaves under-neath, and in the middle of them a bud with thereal pine or fir leaves. There is another tree which you know well,which has needle-shaped leaves. They grow allround the stem, two together in each sheath, butthey are flattened down on two sides of the stemlike the featherlets of a feather. This is the Yewtree (see p. 49), which you find so often in church-yards. It does not bear cones. Its naked seeds siteach one in a red juicy cup. The stamen-catkinsare not on the same tree
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