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various shapes of tar, pitch, rosin, turpentine, balsam, etc., 

 a considerable article of trade and export. 



As ornamental trees, the Pines are peculiarly valuable 

 for the deep verdure of their foliage, which, unchanged by 

 the severity of the seasons, is beautiful at all periods, and 

 especially so in winter ; for the picturesque forms which 

 many of them assume when fully grown ; and for the 

 effectual shelter and protection which they afford in cold, 

 bleak, and exposed situations. We shall here particular- 

 ize those species, natives of either hemisphere, that are 

 most valuable to the planter, and are also capable of 

 enduring the open air of the middle states. 



The White Pine (P. strobus), called also Sapling Pine, 

 and Apple Pine, in various parts of this country, and 

 Weymouth Pine abroad, is undoubtedly the most beautiful 

 North American tree of the genus. The foliage is much 

 lighter in color, more delicate in texture, and the whole 

 tufting of the leaves more airy and pleasing than that of 

 the other species. It is also beautiful in every stage of its 

 growth, from a plant to a stately tree of 150 feet. When 

 it grows in strong soil, it becomes thick and compact in its 

 head ; but its most beautiful form is displayed when it 

 stands in a dry and gravelly site ; there it shoots up with a 

 majestic and stately shaft, studded every six or eight feet 

 with horizontal tiers of branches and foliage. The hue of 

 the leaves is much paler and less sombre than that of the 

 other native sorts ; and being less stiffly set upon the 

 branches, is more easily put in motion by the wind ; the 

 murmuring of the wind among the Pine tops is, poetically 

 thought to give out rather a melancholy sound : 



" The pines of Mcenalus were heard to mourn, 

 And sounds of woe along the grove wore borne," 



