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P. monticola, Douglas.—Finger-cone Pine, Idaho White Pine, 
Little Sugar Pine, Mountain Pine, Mountain White Pine, Short- 
dJeaved Weymouth Pine, Silver Pine, Soft Pine, Sugar Pine, 
White Pine, Yellow Pine. 
A tree attaining in America a height of 80-175 ft. with a 
trunk 15-25 ft. in girth. The young shoots are clothed with 
minute reddish down and by this character the species may be 
distinguished from its near ally P. Strobus, for, when down is 
present on the young shoots of the latter species it is confined 
to small patches at the base of leaf clusters. The leaves are 
in fives, glaucous-green, dense on the branchlets and rarely 
more than 4 in. long. The cones resemble those of P. Strobus, 
but are composed of a larger number of scales. There is little 
difference between the wood of this species and of P. Strobus, 
and both ean be used for the same purposes (see P. Strobus). 
P. monticola is found in the Pacific Coast region, extending from 
the southern part of British Columbia to the western slopes of 
the Rocky Mountains in Northern Montana, the coast region 
of Washington and Oregon and the Cascades and Sierra Nevada 
ranges in California. In its more southern localities it attains 
an altitude of 10,000 ft. 
P. palustris, Miller—Broom Pine, Fat Pine, Florida Pine, 
Florida Long-leaf Pine, Florida Yellow Pine, Georgia Pine, 
Georgia Heart Pine, Georgia Long-leaf Pine, Georgia Pitch 
Pine, Heart Pine, Long-leaf Pitch Pine, Longstraw Pine, 
osemary Pine, Southern Hard Pine, Southern Heart Pine, 
Southern Pitch Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Texas Long-leaf 
Pine, Texas Yellow Pine, Turpentine Pine, Yellow Pine. 
In the British Isles this tree and its timber is usually known 
under the common name of Pitch Pine, but in America it is 
recognised as Long-leaf Pine, the term Pitch Pine being more 
general in connection with P. rigida. The species attains a 
height of 80-110 ft. and a girth of 9 ft., and the branches are 
often gnarled and twisted. The leaves are in threes, densely 
crowded on the branchlets, slender, flexible, up to 18 in. long 
on young vigorous trees and about 9 in. long on old specimens. 
‘The cones are cylindrical, 6-10 in. long and 2-3 in. wide, dull 
brown and usually leave a few scales attached to the branches 
when they fall. It forms pure forests many miles in width in 
the Atlantic and Gulf States from Virginia to Florida. The 
wood is hard, strong and resinous, and is usually regarded as 
the strongest and most durable of pine timbers. It is use 
extensively for heavy construction and all kinds of purposes 
where strength and durability are concerned. Large quantities 
of wood are used for naval architecture, school and church 
furniture, flooring, panelling, telegraph and telephone poles, &c. 
P. palustris is the most important resin-producing pine in 
N. America, and there is a considerable industry in tapping, 
and in the collection and distillation of the resin. There 
is also an industry connected with the leaves, for the fibre is 
