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thence to the Bahamas, Honduras, and’ Guatemala. Mature 
trees range up to 150 ft. in height, with a diameter of 3 ft., and 
often a clear trunk of 50-60 ft. The leaves may be in pairs 
or in clusters of three. They average 9 ins. in length, are deep 
green in colour, and have finely-toothed margins, and short, 
horny points. The cones resemble those of the European 
P. Pinaster in shape and colour, and are 4-5 in. long by 2-24 in. 
in width. The timber is heavy; about 39 lbs. per cubie foot, 
strong, rather coarse-grained, resinous and of good quality. 
It most closely approaches that of P. palustris in character, 
and can be used for similar purposes, in fact it is often marketed 
with the wood of that tree and is very similar in strength. 
Resin is sometimes obtained from standing trees by tapping, 
whilst tar, turpentine and other products are procured by 
destructive distillation of the wood. The resin is said to yield 
more turpentine than that of P. palustris. 
P. mitis, Michaux (P. echinata, Miller).—Bull Pine, Carolina 
Pine, North Carolina Pine, North Carolina Yellow Pine, Oldfield 
Pine, Pitch Pine, Poor Pine, Short-leaf Pine, Short-leaved Yellow 
Pine, Shortschat Pine, Spruce Pine, Virginia Yellow Pine, 
Yellow P 
Pod mitis aod two other species, P. palustris and P. Taeda, are 
often referred to indiscriminately as yellow pine or eastern 
yellow pine, and their wood is often mixed when marketed, 
although the three trees are perfectly distinct in growth, foliage 
and cones. Moreover, the wood of P. palustris at its best is 
much superior to that of the better grades of lumber of the other 
two. Microscopically, however, the structure of the three 
species is so similar that it is practically impossible to separate 
one from the other. P. mitis is often distinguished as “ short- 
leaf pine”’ or “short-leaved yellow pine.” It is widely distri- 
buted in Eastern N. America and covers many hundreds ‘of 
square miles from New York to N. Florida and from the Atlantic 
to Arkansas and Texas. It varies in height from 80-120 ft., 
and in diameter from 14-2 ft. The young shoots are distinct 
by reason of their violet markings and glaucous bloom, whilst 
the slender, fiexible, slightly- twisted leaves are 3-5 in. long, 
and produced in pairs or occasionally in threes. The cones 
are usually clustered, ovate, and 14~—2 in. long, each scale being 
terminated by a short prickle which is usually deciduous before 
the fall of the cones. P. mitis is an important timber tree, the 
wood being of good quality with orange or yellowish-brown 
heartwood and creamy-yellow sapwood. It is less resinous 
and more easily worked than that of P. palustris, and is employed 
for the lighter kinds of building construction, the indoor finish 
of houses, panelling, car-building, furniture, railway sleepers, 
and for all other purposes for which good pine wood can 
utilised. As is the case with many other trees from Eastern 
N. America it does not thrive in the British Isles, although 
small specimens are sometimes seen. 
