MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



637 



■ Grows in damp soils and those that are partially mingled with other for- 

 est trees. Much of the land bearing this pine is fertile, and becomes produc- 

 tive when well drained and broken up. 

 Flowers early in April. 



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Sp. pi. 4. p. 449. Walt. p. 237. Mich. 2. p. 204^ Pursh, 2. p. 644 

 Nutt. 2. p. 223. 



Icon. P. Australis, Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 64.' 



This fine tree generally grows from 80—100 feet in height, and from 24 



30 inches in diameter. Its trunk is usually from 40 — 50 feet without 



branches. Its bark is smoother than common in this genus, and divided into 



an Innumerable quantity of thin scales^ which appear to be constantly exfo- 



Leates 3 in each sheath, those of the old trees about 12"inclies 

 long, those of the young tree frequently 18. Cone 6 — 10 inches long, cylin- 

 drical or conical, the scales separating and discharging their seed early in 

 the fall. This tree is almost universally distinguished in the two Southern 

 States as the Yellow Pine; it is sometimes called the Long-leaved Pine, and 

 sometimes Pitch Pine. It is more extensively used than any other species 

 of timber we possess. For the frames, the covering, and even the roofing of 

 houses, it is used wherever cjpress cannot be obtained; for the flooring of 

 houses, it is preferred to "any wood that is known. It is extensively used in 

 ship-building, for the beams, plank, and running timber of vessels. It is used 



to make the casks in which we ship our rice, and the fencing of our planta- 

 tions. 



This tree contains more rosin than any other species of pine; the fibre is 

 sometimes protected from the operations of the atmosphere by the abundant 

 formation of this substance; and when the tree begins to decay, portions of 

 |he trunk in which this rosin has accumulated; knots at the junction of the 

 tranches or callosities where injuries have been sustained, are converted into ^ 

 i^ghtwood; this, when charred afterwards by the annual fires which run 

 through our forests, become almost imperishable. The large ptvces are 

 Used tor the sills of houses, the smaller for posts, and the irregular fragments 

 are u^od for fuel or as torches, or are employed in the manufacture of Tar. 



*rom the sap of the living tree most of tlie turpentine of commerce is ob- 



tuiaed. 



The name originally imposed on this species is unfortunate, as it produces 

 ^ false impression, and has been the source of error to foreigners, if not to 

 <^«rowu countrymen. If an inhabitant of the Sonth^^rn States, ignorant o 



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