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TIMBER PINES OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. 



deciduous trees peculiar to these latitudes — the Magnolia, Sweet and Red Bay, Black Gum, and 

 Titi, associated with tlie Cuban Pine. The timber of the Loblolly Pine produced in these swamps 

 is of inferior (juality, with the sapwood from -i to 5 inches ou a radius of from 8 to 12 inches. It 

 has been noticed that among the original tree-covering Loblolly Pines above - feet in diameter 

 were frequently found affected with dry or red rot. 



On the dry ndling pine ujjlands of these States to the foot of the mountain ranges, rising- to an 

 elevation of SOO to 1,000 feet above sea level, as well as of the Gulf States east of tlie ^lississijipi, 

 this pine is found more or less dispersed among the hard-wood timber, but is considered of no value 

 e.\(!ept tor fuel; the trees branch a short distance above the ground and the timber is too knotty to 

 be fit fur lumber. 



Five trees from the damp. Hat pine barrens bordering ui)on the swamps, felled for test logs in 

 Hampton County, S. C, showed the following dimensions: 



Mcnsureminis nffive trees. 



In peninsular Florida the Loblolly Pine is more rarely found, its place in the old fields being 

 taken citlier by Cuban I'ine or the Florida Oldfit'ld Pine {I'inus c/rn/.s-rt). 



In the eastern Gulf States throughout the coast pine belt the Loblolly Pine is scattered along 

 the swamps bordering the water courses. Until of late years it has been cut only on special orders 

 for low-priced stuff intended for temporary purposes. As an instance, the fact may be cited that 

 the millious of feet of square sawn timber and of lumber required for the buildings of the New 

 Orleans World's Exposition were mostly Loblolly Pine, sawn at Pearlingtou, Miss. Since the 

 introduction of the dry-kiln it is extensively used for flooring and inside finish. In the fresh, deep 

 soil of light loam of the coast i)laln and the valleys in the upper i)art of the i)ine belt — the region 

 of mixed growth — this tree is found in great i)erfcction. In these districts it furnishes clear sticks 

 of from ijO to 60 feet and over in length. A considerable proi)ortion of the long and heavy sticks of 

 hewn tinilx'r r(Miching the Mobile market for export as "pitch pine" coming from the u]iper 

 division of the coast pine belt in Alabama are Loblolly Pine. The timber of the Loblolly I'ine from 

 the table-lands of north Alabama is of excellent ((uality, with but a small proportion of sapwood 

 from l! to 3 inches on a radius of from 10 to 12 inches, heavy, of a tine close grain and hence of 

 greater durability and strength. The lumber from that region liiids a ready market, l)eiiig used 

 for all the puri)0ses of the house cari)eiiter. and is indiscriminately sold wiili the inoduct of the 

 Shortleaf Pine. 



On tlie table lands of the Warrior coal field the Loblolly Piiu' is better developed than in any 

 other part of this or the ad.joiiung State of Mississijjpi. If not found in compact forests of any 

 considerable expause, it forms bodies of lieavy timber covering the Hat and badly drained tracts, 

 from a few to many acres in extent, associated with the hard wood growth pijculiar to a moist soil. 

 It might be said that about one-half of the pine timber growth of these highlands consists of the 

 Loblolly Pine. 



The following measurements have been taken of trees felled in Cullman County, Ala., from 

 heavily timbered land several acres in extent: 



