The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . ytrampling, browsing cattle, sheep and goats. Squirrels gnawthe green cones and eat the unripe seeds. So between the care-less wastefulness of men and the inconsiderateness of lower ani-mals, the vast forests of longleaf pine dwindle. The leaves of Pinns palustris yield by distillation an essentialoil of balsamic odour that closely resembles oil of weaving of florists baskets from the long, shining needles isjust beginning, and is an industry that ought profitably toe
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . ytrampling, browsing cattle, sheep and goats. Squirrels gnawthe green cones and eat the unripe seeds. So between the care-less wastefulness of men and the inconsiderateness of lower ani-mals, the vast forests of longleaf pine dwindle. The leaves of Pinns palustris yield by distillation an essentialoil of balsamic odour that closely resembles oil of weaving of florists baskets from the long, shining needles isjust beginning, and is an industry that ought profitably toemploy women and children in neighbourhoods. Pine wool ismade by boiling the leaves in strong alkali, and then carding thefibres thus released. It is woven into a brown carpet somewhatlike cocoa matting, and into other textile fabrics. It is an im-portant stuffing for upholstery, and is a natural antiseptic dress-ing for wounds. The most conspicuous character of the longleaf pines is thegreat length of its flexible leaves. Next to this is the great sil-very budat the tip of each shoot. This is the cluster of. o «5 Ph t—I J-a -5 21 « °° Ui CO I O 4J u «» ° 3 • ** 3 4J £ 2 H .2 o .o o O «5 Oh e o ocL3. S 2 2 i o ™ u JS .§ uo G C I—I <u (U u o U (/J u •s/s IS »- o C 4-» 2 -a 4J _Q o ^•a 3l I < u •3 - *
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