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(Pinus heterophylla) ; Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata, 

 quite frequently called North Carolina Pine) ; Loblolly 

 Pine (Pinus tceda, sometimes called Oldfield Pine) ; Pitch 

 Pine (Pinus rigida) ; Western Yellow Pine (Pinus pon- 

 derosa) ; Lodgepole Pine (Pinus murrayana) ; and Red 

 Pine (Pinus resinosa, largely called Norway Pine). To 

 claim that lumber cut from each of these species is alike 

 in value is to claim what every one familiar with all of it 

 knows cannot be truthfully admitted. There is certainly a 

 marked difference and one which will be pointed out when 

 separately discussing the species. Professor Charles S. 

 Sargent 1 classifies the Pines as " Soft Pines " and " Pitch 

 Pines," which is far better than the lumber-trade classifica- 

 tion, for it gives the consumer a fair idea of what he is get- 

 ting. Each species should be designated by its true name 

 and then no one will be wronged. 



WHITE PINE : Pinus strobus 



FORTUNATELY this tree is not burdened with numerous 

 local names. It is called White Pine in every state of our 

 Union except North Carolina and Tennessee. In North 

 Carolina it is known as Northern Pine and in Tennessee as 

 Spruce Pine. All things considered, it stands at the head 

 of the list for general usefulness as a timber tree, not 

 only for the character and quality of the lumber it yields, 

 but because it can be easily and quickly grown by artificial 

 planting or seed-sowing. It is indigenous to America, but 

 it is grown in Europe and is there known as Weymouth 

 Pine, so named for Lord Weymouth, who introduced it 

 into England soon after the English colonies were es- 

 tablished in America. 



A line bounding its natural range runs from eastern Maine 

 southward along the Atlantic Coast to the mouth of Chesa- 

 peake Bay, thence along the eastern slope of the Appala- 

 chian Mountains to northern Georgia, thence along the 



1 Manual of the Trees of North America. 



