![]() ![]() White pine also plays a symbolic role in some of today’s countries. Thus, the white pine is valued as the Peace Tree. They considered the five clusters of needles a symbol of unity as they stood under the shade of the towering pine tree. As the story goes, the white pine tree became the venue of the Five Nation for peace talk amidst the brewing war. These dominant trees provide an endless supply of lumber for shipbuilding. The European settlers soon used the tree for shipbuilding. It also became a traditional remedy for wounds and respiratory problems like a cough and colds. During the onslaught of winter starvation, the Native Americans settle on eating their inner bark because of food scarcity. Sometime in the late 1700s, European explorers discovered the species in Minnesota. In the last Ice Age, they thrived in the forests of Southern Canada and North Carolina. ![]() White pine has such a deep root and prominence in history. They have a soft and even grain of white wood that is valued for frame and furniture-making. Presently, white pines are mostly cultivated for their decorative purpose and their timber. Its inner bark also produces starch for flour-making. The young staminate cones are edible and are marketed today as pine nuts. ![]() It is esteemed in the Native American tradition with its usefulness during winter starvation. They also bear decorative pine cones that never miss the tree for the holiday decorations.īut aside from their aesthetic appeal, white pine is also a source of food and medicine. White pines are valuable with their fluffy leaves and evergreen foliage. In fact, they are the best-selling live Christmas trees in America for the season. These coniferous trees are popular ornamental trees, especially during the Christmas seasons. They can grow as high as 70 to 90 ft and are common in temperate and broadleaf forests of North and Northeast America. Reaching out to touch the pot, she says, “It’s like touching history.White pines ( Pinus strobus) are native trees well known for their distinctive needle-like leaves. “I’m in its presence, and it was in the presence of other people from long ago.” “There’s some connection with a living being that has survived on this earth through who knows what,” she says. Now, Dell hopes that people see the tree as a celebration of survival. “It's like Katharine Hepburn-it’s like, the beauty in age.” “Wrinkles, and crud, and crookedness, all this stuff-it’s what gives it character,” says Emerson-Dell. Wires keep the branches from reaching up toward the sun. Today, the white pine stands only a few feet tall, with a thick trunk and stubby green and yellowed needles. Yamaki’s perfectly crafted trees, including the white pine, were protected in a walled nursery. The bombing of Hiroshima was one of two atomic bomb attacks that led to the end of World War II, killing around 140,000 people and destroying the city. Since then, the arboretum hasn't kept the tree's survival of World War II a secret, but "we just don’t shout it from the rooftops,” Emerson-Dell says. Yamaki had given the tree to the United States in advance of the country's bicentennial. In fact, the Arboretum wasn't aware of the Hiroshima connection until 2001, when two grandchildren of bonsai master Masaru Yamaki visited the arboretum’s National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, looking for their grandfather's tree. ![]() “It was a gift of friendship, and connection-the connection of two different cultures.” But the bonsai “was not given because of Hiroshima,” says Kathleen Emerson-Dell, who helps care for the tree at the U.S. ![]()
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