Webb Garrison: White Pine Tree

Artist: Webb Garrison
1944 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 12 by 12.25 inches
Overall Size: 20 by 20 inches
Medium: Water Color on Hot Press Illustration Board

Towering in stately dignity over the crowns of other trees, the White Pine adds character to any woodland milieu. For centuries, millions of White Pines adorned the east coast of North America, dazzling early world travelers with America's woodland wealth. On the shores of Maine and New Hampshire, broken ships swept ashore and found trees to rebuild their splintered masts. This tree, often sturdier than the original spar, was the White Pine. Soon, the popularity of White Pine soared, for it cut clear, was virtually knot-free, and proved perfect for numerous kinds of construction. The White Pine became the lumberman's pine. Fencing, matchsticks, and house lumber -- all cut from the White Pine -- were soon shipped all over America. Though the commercial value of the White Pine is great, it has an equal ornamental value. With flexible, soft, blue-green needles swaying in the breeze, the White Pine appears to be covered with plumes gracefully dancing in the wind. Pinkish-purple cone flowers add rich color to the upper twigs of the White Pine, while the catkins dust the tree with their golden yellow pollen. The mature brown cones are slender and curved with unarmed scales. At the close of their second summer, these cones release ripened seeds to the forest floor. Though nearly depleted by lack of early conservation measures, the White Pine endures as one of America's loveliest trees.

This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. 15¢ White Pine stamp issued October 9, 1978.

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