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run over the land, in late fall or early spring, seeds may 

 be planted in hills and the seedlings will generally hold 

 their own with such stuff as might come up, and after a 

 few years will take possession of the ground. In gather- 

 ing seed, care should be taken not to mistake Scrub Pine 

 Pinus virginiana, sometimes called Jersey Pine for 

 Pitch Pine. That tree seldom grows over fifty feet in height 

 or over fifteen inches in diameter. The leaves of Scrub 

 Pine are from an inch and one half to three inches in 

 length, while Pitch Pine leaves are from three to five 

 inches long, are invariably three in a sheath, stand out at 

 nearly right angles from the branches, and are rigid and 

 stiff. 



RED PINE : NORWAY PINE : Pinus resinosa 



As with nearly all valuable timber trees, this one is known 

 by a variety of names. Probably the most common one is 

 Norway Pine, a name wholly out of place, for it is not a 

 foreigner but a native of North America. 1 The next most 

 common is Red Pine; and this is strictly accurate, for the 

 bark of the tree is of a reddish hue, its heartwood of a pale 

 red color, and the sometimes profuse staminate blossoms 

 are a dark red. It is by this name that the tree should be 

 known. Unfortunately, too, its technical name is inappro- 

 priate. Pinus resinosa means resin pine, and why Red Pine 

 should have been given that name, when its wood contains 

 less resin than any other hard timber pine, is very strange. 

 It suffers further in being wrongly named by some man- 

 ufacturers and dealers, who occasionally mix lumber cut 

 from it with White Pine and palm it off as such to custom- 

 ers who do not know the difference. 



This valuable timber tree is rapidly disappearing from 



1 It is related that the name " Norway Pine " was given to the tree by a 

 Spanish captain, who first found it. Its close resemblance to pines he had 

 seen in Norway caused him to suppose it identical with snch as he had seen 

 growing there, which were, no doubt, Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris). 



