Timbers 



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Central and South America, the West Indies. The wood is heavier and stronger than that of 

 any other pine regularly on the market, and it is a good example of ■■■" Hard Pine." 



Short Leaf Pine, Yellow Pine (Pinus echinata). This good timber, tree occurs in the 

 same region of the United States as the Long Leaf or Pitch Pine, to which it is but little inferior. 

 It is likely, in the future to be of more commercial importance than at present. 



Sugar Pine (P. Lambertiana). Amongst the soft pines of North America mention should 

 be made of the " Sugar Pine," which forms extensive forests in California and Oregon. It 

 fills in the western portion of the United States the place occupied by White Pine in the east, 

 and in California, for example, is extensively employed for doors, sashes,'' as-a building timber, 

 and for general purposes. 



Douglas Fir or Oregon Fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) . is widely distributed in Canada, 

 where. in some places it forms immense forests, and is one of the chief trees of the. western 

 United States. Mexico is the southern limit of its distribution. 



The tree grows very rapidly, and the timber is hard, firm, coarse-grained and heavy, and as 

 it can be obtained in great lengths and widths of very uniform quality, is very valuable for 

 heavy structural work, and is extensively used in ship-building, wharf construction, spars, 

 masts, piles, etc., and also for furniture and many other purposes. The celebrated flagstaff, 

 159 feet high, in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, obtained from a single tree in one piece, 

 affords an excellent idea of the possibilities of. the plant. ; 



The timber would be classed as a hard pine, and does not resemble white or yellow pine. 

 A good deal has been imported into this country of recent years, but it does not find favour 

 for joinery. 



Kauri PiNE<or Cowrie Pine {Agathis.australis — Pine Order). This is:the most important 

 timber tree of New Zealand, and forms by far the greatest part of the wood exported from that 



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