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extends along the Atlantic coast and around the 

 Gulf of Mexico to Texas. Of the white pine 

 we have spoken already. The yellow and pitch 

 pines, though inferior to that, in some respects, 

 are of great value. They do not require so 

 cold a climate or so rich a soil. They are pro- 

 verbial for growing on the poorest ground, 

 which they tend to enrich by the decay of their 

 foliage as it falls from year to year. On this 

 account the pines may be used to prepare the 

 way for other trees which it is desirable to es- 

 tablish. 



In the Southern portions of the country the 

 yellow pine has long had a special value, on ac- 

 count of its yield of turpentine and its associated 

 products. It is also very valuable for its lum- 

 ber, for some purposes being preferred to the 

 white pine, and, as the latter is becoming scarce, 

 the former is often used as a substitute for it. 

 It is harder than the white pine, and is coming 

 into use more and more for floors, stairs, win- 

 dow-sashes, and many other purposes. 



The hemlock, though for the production of 

 lumber it is inferior to the pine or the spruce, is 

 a very valuable tree. It is the most beautiful of 



