1 66 Trees with Simple Leaves. [C i 



Found, in Staten Island and New Jersey, and southward 



to Western Florida ; through the Gulf States, 



Arkansas, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, and 



Illinois. 



An evergreen tree forty to eighty feet high, with 



straight trunk, regular branches, and pyramid-shaped 



head. The timber is hard and very valuable, second in 



value (among the Yellow Pines) only to the " Georgia 



Pine " (P. palustris — " Long-leaved Pine," " Southern 



Pine "). 



Fig. 84.— Pitch Pine. P. rigida, Mill. 

 Leaves, simple ; indeterminate in position because of 



their closeness, but arranged along the branches in 



three-leaved sheathed bunches. 

 Leaf, needle-shaped, three to six inches long ; stiff and 



sharp ; the outer side flattish ; the inner side slightly 



ridged, and rough downwards. 

 Bark, very thick and rough, and deeply fissured ; dark, 



often with a reddish or purplish tinge. 

 Cones, two to three inches long, oftenest in clusters of 



two to four. Scales, tipped with stiff and sometimes 



curved prickles. 

 Found, from New Brunswick to Lake Ontario, through 



the Atlantic States to Northern Georgia, and 



extending to the western slope of the Alleghany 



Mountains, in West Virginia and Kentucky. Usually 



in dry, sandy soil, sometimes in deep swamps. Very 



common. 

 An evergreen tree thirty to eighty feet high, with 

 very irregular branches, and a trunk that is seldom 

 straight to the top. The wood is hard and full of pitch, 

 of slight value except for fuel and charcoal and coarse 

 lumber. 



