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TIMBER PINES OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. 



deciduous trees i)eculiar to tliesf latitudes — tlie IMa^riiolia, Sweet and Red Hay, I51a<-k Gum, and 

 Titi, as.soeiated with tiie Cuban I'ine. Tlie timber oltlic Loi>lolly I'iiie pniduced in tUese swamjjs 

 i.s of inferior (juality, with the .sapwood from i to 5 iuelies ou a radius of from 8 to 12 inches. It 

 has been noticed that ainonj,' tlie ori;iin;d ti'ee-coverin{^ Loblolly Pines above 2 feet in diameter 

 were frciiuently found alfected with dry or red lot. 



On the diy rolliuj; pine uplands of these States to the foot of the mountain ranges, rising to an 

 elevation of son to ],(>(»() feet above .sea level, as well as of the Gulf States east of the Mississippi, 

 this pine is found more or less disperseil aiiLong the hard-wood timber, but is consideied of no value 

 except for fuel; the trees branch a short distance above the ground and the tind)er is too knotty to 

 be tit for lumber. 



l'"ive tri-es from the damp, llat pine l)arrens bordering upon the swamps, felled for test logs in 

 Hampton County, S. C. showed the following dimeu-sions: 



In peninsular Florida the Loblolly Pine is more rarely found, its place in the old fields being 

 taken either by Cuban I'ine or the Florida Oldlield Pine (T'iiiii.s cluii.'iK). 



In the eastern Gulf States throughout the coast pine belt the Loblolly Pine is scattered along 

 the swamps bordering the water courses. Until of late years it has been cut only on spe<'ial orders 

 for h)w-priced stuff intended for temporary purposes. As an instance, the fact may be cited that 

 the millions of feet of square sawn timber and of lumber i'e<|uired for the buildings of the New 

 Orleans World's Exposition were mostly Loblolly Pine, sawn at Pearlington, Miss. Since the 

 introduction of the dry-kiln it is extensively used for flooring and inside linish. In the fresh, deej) 

 soil of light loam of tiie coast ])latn and the valleys in the upper part of the ])ine belt — the region 

 of mixed growth — this tree is found in great perfection. In these districts it furnishes clear stick.'i 

 of from oO to 00 feet and over in length. A considerable proportion of the long and heavy sticks of 

 hewn timlier reaching the Mobile market for export as "pitch i>ine" coining from the n]iper 

 division of the coast pine belt in Alabama are Loblolly Pine. Tlie timber of the Loblolly I'ine from 

 the table-lands of north Alabama is of excellent quality, with but a small proportion of sapwood 

 from 2 to 3 inches on a radius of from 10 to 12 incihes, hea\y, of a line close grain and hence of 

 greater durability and strength. The lumber from that region finds a ready market, being used 

 for all the i)urposes of the house carpenter, and is indiscriminately sold with the ])roduct of the 

 Sliortleaf Pine. 



Ou the table lands of the Warrior coal field the Loblolly Pine is better developed than in any 

 other part of this or the adjoining State of Mississippi. If not found in compact forests of any 

 considerable ex])anse, it forms bodies of heavy timber ('overiiig the flat and badly drained tracts, 

 from a few to many acres in extent, associated with the hard wood growth peculiar to a moist soil. 

 It ini};ht be said that about (me-half of the pine timber growth of these highlands consists of the 

 Loblolly Pine. 



The following measurements have been taken of trees felled in Cullman County, Ala., from 

 heavily timbered land several acres in extent: 



