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This tree divides itself into numerous ramifications. It is 

 appropriated to no particular use, but in the mountains of North 

 Carolina its turpentine is preferred to every other as a dressing 

 for wounds. 



Pitch Pine. Pinus rigida. 



This species is known in 

 all the United States by the 

 name of Pitch Pine, and 

 sometimes in Virginia by 

 that of Black Pine. Except 

 the maritime parts of the 

 Atlantic States, and the fertile 

 regions west of the Allegha- 

 ny Mountains, it is found 

 throughout the United States, 

 but most abundantly upon 

 the Atlantic coast, where 

 the soil is diversified but gen- 

 erally meagre. In Maine, 

 New Hampshire and Ver- 

 mont it grows almost exclu- 

 sively in light, even, pliable, 

 sandy soils. 

 In the lower part of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 

 it is frequently seen in the large swamps filled with the red cedar, 

 which are constantly miry or covered with water. In such 

 situations it is 70 or 80 feet high and from 20 to 28 inches in 

 diameter, and exceeds the surrounding trees both in bulk and 

 elevation. In Pennsylvania and Virginia, on the Alleghanies, it 

 grows to the height of 35 or 40 feet with a diameter of 12 or 15 

 inches. And in Maine and Vermont, it seldom grows more than 

 20 or 25 feet in height, and its slender branches, laden with 

 puny cones, evince the feebleness of its vegetation. The buds 

 of this tree are always resinous, and its triple leaves vary in 

 length from an inch and a half to seven inches, according to the de- 



Fig. 1. A leaf. 



PLATE LXV. 

 Fig. 2. A seed. 



Fig. 3. A cone. 











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