70 THE WHITE PINE. 



most rapid j,'rowth, so that tlie dittVit-iife. in view of tlio steady grrowth of Wliite Pine and tlie 

 marked decrease in rate of growth in the Scotch Pine, wouhl be markedly greater if ohier timber 

 had been compared. 



.Inst as in its native range, the White Pine is decidedly a heart pine, the sajiwood changing 

 early into the durable and more valuable heartwood. In tind)cr one bundled years old grown in 

 the Palatinate the sap in many cases is less than 1 inch thick, so that 7.5 per cent and more of 

 the entire stem is composed of heartwood. 



In view of these facts it is ipiite safe to say that the M'hite Pine in the future will be one 

 of the ])romineiit forest trees of (lermany. and pcrhai)S of Europe, as it will always be the king of 

 ■woods in our Northern and Eastern States. 



