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(P. ponderosa) which grows in the same districts ; it is used 

 for the same purposes as P. strobus. 



American Red Pine (P. rubra or P. resinosa), commonly 

 called Canadian red pine, is a tree of 50 to 80 ft. in 

 height and 2 ft. in diameter which goes by different 

 names in different localities ; in some places it is called 

 Norway pine, in others yellow pine, and, as has been said, it 

 is classed with white pine in the States timber trade ; it 

 grows to a great extent in Canada and in Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin, and Michigan, in fact over the same area as 

 the white pine. The timber is reddish white, with fine, 

 clean grain, a good deal of sap, somewhat soft though 

 harder than P. strobus, but fairly tough and elastic, not 

 liable to warp or split, and durable when seasoned. Chiefly 

 imported into Britain as deals and planks and used for 

 internal house fittings. It is not so much appreciated as 

 Baltic timber, although the price is somewhat lower. 



Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) is the pitch pine of the 

 English market and comes from the southern States of 

 North America ; it is shipped from Mobile, Pensacola, 

 Gulf Port, and other places on the Gulf of Mexico. It is 

 sometimes called Georgia yellow pine ; in the States P. 

 riyida is often called pitch pine, but ivhere pitch pine is 

 referred to in this book it is to be understood to mean lony- 

 Icaf pine. 



This tree furnishes the hardest and most durable as well 

 as one of the strongest pine timbers in the market, imported 

 chiefly in square and hewn logs ; the former are preferable, 

 having less sap, although the hewn can be had in longer 

 lengths and larger scantling. It first came into the English 

 market about forty years ago, since which time it has been 

 the timber most largely used for heavy constructional works, 



