150 THE PINES 



tree naturally grows. The seeds the author experimented 

 with did not germinate well, but that may have been due to 

 age or improper handling when gathered. 



No advice can be intelligently given as to the distance 

 apart the seeds should be planted or trees set out, for no- 

 thing, so far as can be learned, has been done in that line 

 in its native domain. The habit of trimming itself as it 

 grows old would indicate wider setting or planting than 

 with the White Pine. A careful study of the tree in its 

 natural habitat and in all its stages of growth, with a view 

 to ascertaining what is requisite, must come before positive 

 directions can be safely given on this point. It develops a 

 tap-root in early life, which would indicate that planting 

 seeds would be advisable, especially as in its native realm it 

 must endure long seasons with little rain, during which 

 planted trees would suffer, so that they would be likely to 

 fail the first year. 



LONGLEAF PINE: Pinus palustris 



IT is unfortunate that Longleaf Pine is loaded with so 

 many names, the majority of which are ridiculously absurd. 

 The United States Forest Service Check-List of Forest 

 Trees enumerates no less than twenty-eight, and these are 

 mainly bestowed upon it in the various localities where it 

 grows. Away from its home it is, in the main, commercially 

 known as Yellow Pine and Georgia Pine. These designa- 

 tions are also unfortunate, for there are other species of 

 pine known to the trade as Yellow Pine, and the State of 

 Georgia produces several other timber Pines. It would be 

 far better if it should be called by its correct name, 

 Longleaf Pine, for that is a distinguishing feature of the 

 tree, and one that is possessed by none other, except the 

 Cuban Pine, which in so many, respects resembles the Long- 

 leaf in the character of the lumber cut from it that distinc- 

 tion in the lumber trade is unnecessary. 



The natural range of the Longleaf Pine is entirely con- 



