THE PINE. 



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green trees ; it is generally called Georgia pine, and 

 its color is a rich, transparent ruddy, gold-ocher ; it 

 is also extremely hard and durable, and is largely 

 used for the decks of ships. The tree grows about 

 70 or 80 feet high, has rather thin-scaled bark, and 

 is found in sandy soil from southern Virginia to 

 Florida and Texas. 



LobioUy or The loblolly or old -field pine 



Old-field Pine. i s a large-sized 



Plnus Tceda. . 



tree, growing 

 from 50 to 150 feet high (only 

 in the forests does it attain 

 the greater height), which also 

 has long needles, measuring at 

 most perhaps ten inches ; they 

 are rather rigid in character, deep 

 olive-green, slender, and grow 

 three (rarely two) in a bunch. 

 The cones are not pendant, 

 but are placed laterally on 

 the branchlets. They are 

 three or four inches long, 

 conical, and the scales have 

 short, straight, or some- 

 times slightly incurved prickles. 



The loblolly pine is found from Delaware to 

 Florida, near the coast, and thence it extends to 



Loblolly Pine. 



