70 THE WHITE PINK. 



most raitid {fniwtli, so that the ilill'crciirc'. in view ol' the sti-atly growth of Wliitc I'iiif and the 

 marked decrease in rate of growth in tlie Scotch Pine, would be markedly greater if ohler timber 

 bad been c()ni])aied. 



Just as iu its native range, the White I'ine is decideiUy a heart pine, the sapwood changing 

 early into the durable and more valuable heartwood. In timber one hundred years old grown in 

 the Pahitinate the sap in many cases is less than 1 inch thick, so that 75 per cent and more of 

 the entire stem is composed of licartwood. 



In view of these facts it is (juite safe to say that the White I'ine in the future will be one 

 of the prominent forest trees of (iermany, and perhaps of liurope, as it will always bo the king of 

 woods in our Xorthern and Eastern .Slates. 



