282 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



In the " Timber Pines of the South," Dr. Chas. Mohr, in the 

 chapter on this species, says : " When maintenance of forest, and 

 production of timber under a rational system of forestry is to 

 become the rule, this species, above all others of southerly distri- 

 bution, will claim attention, for it can be safely asserted that of 

 the coniferous trees adapted to the climatic conditions of the 

 Southern Atlantic forest, no other can be found of better 

 promise, for the production of valuable timber in the shortest 

 time." In another place he says : "Among the coniferous trees 

 of Eastern North America, the short-leaf-pine stands next to the 

 long-leaf-pine (P. pahistris), in importance to the lumber indus- 

 try and in the value of its timber. Freer from resinous matter, 

 softer, more easily worked, not less susceptible of a good finish, 

 the lumber of the short-leaf-pine is often preferred by the cabinet- 

 maker and the house-carpenter to that of the long-leaf-pine. 

 Less tenacious and of less power of resistance under strain, it is 

 principally used for the lighter frame-work in buildings, for 

 weather-boarding, flooring, ceiling, wainscoting, cases for win- 

 dows and doors, for frames and sashes of all kinds, and for 

 shingles. Most of the dwellings located within the districts 

 where this tree prevails are built almost entirely of short-leaf- 

 pine lumber, which bears ample testimony to its wide usefulness. 

 It is also extensively employed in car-building, for cross-ties, 

 and in the manufacture of furniture." In another place he 

 says : " No other timber tree found in the southern portion of 

 the Atlantic forest region is more easy of natural reproduction 

 than this, throughout the wide range of its distribution. This 

 is readily accounted for by its great fecundity, the seeds pro- 

 duced in great abundance almost without failure every year 

 being profusely spread far and wide, and germinating easily 

 whenever the proper soil and a chance are offered for their 

 reception. By their thrifty growth the seedlings soon gain the 

 upper-hand over the contemporary growth of other species." 



Sudworth, in a paper on the " Forest Trees of Tennessee," 

 says : "As is well known this pine (P. echinata, short-leaf-pine) 

 ranks in commercial importance next to the famous long-leaf. 

 The adaptation of the pine to the poor, dry hills and other slop- 

 ing lands of East Tennessee is truly remarkable as seen in some 

 localities. Theories that great care and nursing are necessary 



