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P.1es, tAs expresses an1 tos yews Of
ibs plnss. ths Eess common are ths
wliss pins. shs yellow 0r pitch pine and
-ie red pane- These can Be resSiiy ais
ulgQlshs4 from sach other D. nouclng
thai ths white pins has its leaves IN clas-
tsfs " I've. TIE yellow ia clusters q
three aDd the rel Ia clusters II two.
The - hlle pines form sy munstricSl and
graceful trses, % whicA ths yellow. IN
has latitude, with its scTaggy branches
and yeiloWish green foliage, Is 81 an
pleasant and striking contrast Tbs
cones q these trees DO not ripea I'll the
yeAE after blossoming and this Is dis
taguishing festurs between thess true
pines and the other members of the pine
famuy-the spraces. nrs and lgrches.
The spruoes have their leaves four sided.
and arranged around the stem instead
Of being IA clusters. as IN the pines. The
cones are very graceful, being suspended
near the end Of the branches. aud form
ing a pleasing contrast 20 the green Of
the foliage.
The Norway spruce, though a native
OF Europe. Is 50 common here as 70 de-
serve place among our New England
trees, and from the time of its bright
red blossoms in the spring. during the
growth Of its cones, which are purple al
first. bat change 70 q rich brown, till
blossoms come again, forms a most at
tractive sight. The hemlock, or hemlock
spruce, has small cones; the leaves, In
stead Of being arranged around the stems,
spread in two directions, and are bright
green above, with q silvery white be-
meath. This grows 10 be large tree,
but is often cut back and used as an or
namental shrub, and, cared for in this
way, is one Of the most graceful of
spruces. The frs are distinguished from
the spruces in that they have their cones
erect ON the upper side OF the branches,
instead of pendulous. The only repre-
sentative in New England is the balsam
fir. which is quite common among the
mountains
4 The last member Of the pine family Is
: the larch. The larch is distinguished
from all other conifers by its shedding
its leaves in the fall. and is also marked
By the bright red flowers which it bears
in the early spring. The only native
larch is the American larch or tama-
rack, but the European lsrch Is found
here quite extensively, and is a hand
sonler and more graceful tree than the
native variety.
The cypress family includes the arbor
vit1, the cypress and the juniper. The
arbor vito is readily distinguished by
the oppressed, scale like leaves, arranged
in four rows on the two-edged branch
lets. The American variety Is often
called white cedar, but the name more
properly belongs to variety of cypress
closely resembling arbor vita, but hav-
ing more slender spray, finer leaves,
and growing thirty 10 seventy feet high,
while the arbor Vita ranges from twenty
10 fifty feet.
We have two varieties Of the juniper;
one known as the juniper, and the other
as red cedar. Both have berry like
fruit, in color black, covered with
white bloom; the juniper has awl shaped
leaves, arranged in threes, large fruit,
and Is found quite commonly as low
shrub The red cedar has small, scale
like leaves. small fruit, and in the east is
found as a shrub, but in the west reaches
from 60 to 90 feet in height, and fur
nishes very durable wood OF reddish
color.
The yew has its nut like seed sur
rounded by disk. cup shaped around
its base. which becomes bright red aud
berry like. In the United States it is
only found as a struggling bush, but in
other countries grows to be a large tree.
The conifers are the most useful trees
TO man. They are found in great vari-
ETY. OF ATTITUDES, are about ten times as
numerous as other trees. and reach a
great height. They furnish long. straight,
durable timber, which, owing 10 the res
nous matter. Is impenetrable by water
The juices give US turpentine, resin.
pitch. tar and lampDlack. and the amber
Of commerce also was formed from pine
resin. Some conifers have medicinal
properties; the bark Of certain varieties
is used for tanning. for making paper,
and for stufiing in upholstery. The in
ner bark OF one variety and the seeds OF
another are articles of food. The coal
beds were formed from the conifcrs OF
the carboniferous age. They form a
most attractive feature in the landscape,
whether found singly or in large num-
bers. and through the dreary winter
months are reminders Of the summer
which is psst and prophecy Of the
summer which is 70 come.-Annie NJ
Mitchell in Springfield Homestead.
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