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I'AKT 11 J. 



i.'128 



yellow pine for floors that are frequently washed; as the resin with which it 

 is impregnated renders it finer and more durable. It is used for ship pumps, 

 and as fuel by the bakers and brick-makers of New York and Philadelphia ; 

 and from the roots is procured lampblack. The principal use of this tree is, 

 liowever, to furnish tar and turpentine. The essence of turpentine, used in 

 most parts of America for painting, is prepared from this tree. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of cones, in London, 2s. [ler quart. Plants, at 

 BolKv\ller, are 1 franc 50 cents each ; and at New York, 50 cents. 



± 18. P. (r.) sero'tina Michx. The late, o?- Ponrf, Pine. 



Identification. Michx. Fl Amer. Bor , 2. p. 20r>. ; Michx. Arb., 1 p. 86. ; N. Amer. Syl , 3. p. 148. ; 



Piirsh Fl. Amer. Stpt., 2. p. 643. ; N. Dii Ham., 5 p. 246. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1. 18. ; Lawsoii's 



Manual, p. 353. 

 Synonyme. ? P. Taj^da nlopecurofdea Ait HoH Kew., ed. 2., H. p. 317. 

 Eugravings. Miihx. .\rb., 1. t. 7. ; N. Amer. Syl., 3 t. U2. ; N. Uii Ham., 5. t.75. f. 1. ; Lamb. Pin., 



ert. 2, 1. t IS.; our^jj. 2I3()., to our usual sc^'le; and j%'S. 2127. to 2129 , of the natural size, from 



the Horticultural Society ami Dro|)Miore specimens, ana from Michaux. 



S})cc. Cliar., Sfc. Leaves in threes, very long. Male catkins erect, 

 incinnhent. Cones ovate; scales having very small mucros. 

 (Michx.) Buds, on young trees (see fig. 2128.), 

 from -f^\n. to fV'"- i" length, and from ^ in. to 

 i in. in breailth ; conical, dark brown, and very re- 

 sinous ; buds on old trees as \n fig. 2127. Leaves 

 (see^i,'. 2129.), in the Dropmore specimens, from 4 in. 

 to C in. long; in Michaux's figure, upwards of Sin. 

 long. Cones 2iin. or 3 in. long, and H in. or 2 in. 

 broad ; egg-shaped ; scales | in. long, and | in. broad, 

 with tlie apex depressed, and terminating in a slender 

 |)rickle. Seed very small; with the wing, from | in. to 

 I in. in length. Cotyledons, ? The coues and leaves of the 

 trees of this name at Dropmore, and the circumstance of there 

 being trees at 

 Pain's Hill with 

 cones of different 

 sizes and shapes, 

 but all on three- 

 leaved pines, and 

 all evidently of the 7Vda fa- 

 mily, induce us to believe that 

 P. rigida anil P. serotina are 

 only different forms of the same 

 species. 



Description, c^-f. The pond pine, 

 according to Michaux, rarely ex- 

 ceeds 35 ft. or 40 ft. in height, with 

 H branchy trunk from 15 in.to 18 in. 

 in diameter. The leaves are ge- 

 nerally 5 in. or G in. long, and 

 .sometimes more. The male cat- 

 kins are straight, and about ;^ in. 

 long. The cones are commonly in 

 pairs, and o|)posite to each other ; 

 they are about 2;\ in. long, nearly 

 2 in. in dianieter, and egg-shaped ; 

 the scales are rounded at their ex- 

 tremities, and armed witii fine short 

 prickles, which are easily broken 

 off, so that in some cases no ves- 

 tiges are left of their existence. 

 The cones arrive at maturity the 

 second \ car ; but they do not shed 

 their seeds till the third or fourth 



