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timber from this tree is perhaps stronger than 

 that of any other conifer in the country. It is 

 tough and durable and admirably adapted hi 

 every way for shipbuilding, piles, and heavy 

 timbers in general. But its hardness and lia- 

 bility to warp render it much inferior to white 

 or sugar pine for fine work. In the lumber- 

 markets of California it is known as "Oregon 

 pine" and is used almost exclusively for spars, 

 bridge-timbers, heavy planking, and the frame- 

 work of houses. 



The same species extends northward in 

 abundance through British Columbia and 

 southward through the coast and middle re- 

 gions of Oregon and California. It is also a 

 common tree hi the canons and hollows of 

 the Wahsatch Mountains hi Utah, where it 

 is called "red pine" and on portions of the 

 Rocky Mountains and some of the short 

 ranges of the Great Basin. Along the coast of 

 California it keeps company with the redwood 

 wherever it can find a favorable opening. On 

 the western slope of the Sierra, with the yel- 

 low pine and incense cedar, it forms a pretty 

 well-defined belt at a height of from three 

 thousand to six thousand feet above the sea, 

 and extends into the San Gabriel and San 

 Bernardino Mountains hi southern Califor- 

 nia. But, though widely distributed, it is only 



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