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in this respect somewhat resembling P. strobus. It is 

 suitable for doors and sashes and takes paint well. 



A large number of tests shows that loblolly is only 

 6 per cent, weaker than longleaf pine in compression 

 parallel to grain, and 7 per cent, stronger in bending 

 tests, whilst it is of equal strength in compression across 

 the grain and shearing with grain. Its weak point is the 

 great quantity of sap it contains, which makes it of much 

 less value as a constructional timber unless artificially 

 treated, but if creosoted it should be nearly equal to longleaf 

 (pitch) pine. 



Weight about 33 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Cuban Pine (P. hetercphytta) resembles the longleaf, but 

 often has wider sap and coarser grain, does not enter the 

 markets to any extent as yet, and is stronger than longleaf 

 in compression parallel to grain and as a beam, and equal 

 to it in shearing strength. It is found along the coast 

 from Carolina to Louisiana. 



P. rigida, which goes by the name of pitch pine in its 

 native district, is a small or medium-sized tree which does 

 not come much into the foreign markets ; grows along the 

 coast from New York to Georgia. 



All these southern pines go by the name of " yellow pine " 

 in the American markets. Longleaf is considered best ; 

 then follow, in order of importance, shortleaf, loblolly, 

 Cuban, and pitch pine (P. tada) ; they form more than 

 one-fourth of the whole timber cut in the United States, 

 and amounted in 1905 to 730,000,000 cubic feet. Nearly 

 half came from the States bordering the Great Mississippi, 

 which forms an excellent outlet for the timber. There is 

 little doubt that several of these southern pines are 

 imported into Great Britain under the name of pitch pine, 

 it may be as yet only in small quantity, but this would 



