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trees, where it may be 1-2 in. thick. The leaves are in five 
3-5 in. long, slender and glaucous-green, the basal sheath falling 
early. The cones are cylindrical, pendulous, and borne near 
the points of the shoots. They are 4—6 in. long, about 1m. in 
diameter and very resinous. The northern range of P. Strobus 
extends from Newfoundland to Manitoba, and it occurs throughout 
the Northern States from Minnesota to the Atlantic and South 
to Pennsylvania and to Northern Georgia. The wood is light, 
about 24 lbs. to the cubic foot when dry, the heartwood pinkish 
or light red and the sapwood pale yellow. It is straight-grained, 
compact, soft, easily worked, finishes well, with a fine, even 
surface, shrinks very little after seasoning and takes paint and 
polish well. In large trees the timber is singularly free from 
knots. It is used for. general joinery, particulariy the indoor 
finish of houses, doors, window-sashes, cupboards, joists, flooring, 
pattern-making for foundry work, veneered cabinets, boxes, 
matches, also in shipbuilding for spars and masts, and for paper 
pulp. The ease with which it can be worked and its freedom 
from serious shrinkage makes it very popular with the artisan. 
Timber of very good quality has been grown in the British Isles, 
but the species is liable to attack by several diseases, fungus 
and insect, hence it is not planted in quantity in this country. 
Pinus Taeda, Linnaeus —Bastard Pine, Black Pine, Black 
Slash Pine, Bull Pine, Cornstalk Pine, Foxtail Pine, Frankincense 
Pine, Indian Pine, Loblolly Pine, Longschap Pine, Longshucks 
Pine, Longstraw Pine, Meadow Pine, North Carolina Pine, 
Oldfield Pine, Sap Pine, Shortleaf Pine, ‘Slash Pine, wa Pine, 
Swamp Pine, Torch Pine, Virginia Pine, Yellow Pine 
Of the m any common names applied to this inva: that of 
Loblolly pine is the most familiar, and it is under this name that 
the timber should be marketed. A native of the southern and 
s.-eastern parts of the United States, where it is distributed from 
Southern New Jersey to Southern Arkansas, Oklahoma, Eastern 
Texas and South-western Tennessee, it forms a tree 90-110 ft. 
high with a girth of 6-8 ft. The leaves are in threes, lasting 
ears, rigid, slightly twisted, and 6-9 in. long. The cones 
are ovoid-oblong, 3-5 in. long, and each scale is ended by a 
spine. The timber is often mixed with that of other species 
and sold as yellow pine. It is, however, inferior to that of 
P. palustris and P. mitis, although quite useful for many 
purposes. When creosoted it is very widely used for railway 
sleepers. It is also useful for general carpentry, shipbuilding, 
box boards and many other purposes. P. Taeda thrives on 
wet ground, and is one of the first species to become established 
on marshy land once the soil rises above the water level. 
It covers very large areas, and is said to be spreading, hence it is 
likely to become even more important as a timber producing 
species, than at present. In this country it gives poor results 
even as a garden tree, and although introduced in 1741 no large 
specimens are known 
