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of which are covered with a species of pine 

 different from all the others, and not found in 

 any other part of the country ; for this reason 

 it is called the Table Mountain pine. The 

 leaves are about two inches long, very dark 

 green, and twice as thick as those of any other 

 sort of pine : the cones are large, shaped ex- 

 actly like an egg, and covered with thick 

 short prickles. The turpentine got from this 

 pine is said to be of superior quality, but the 

 trees are so rare that very little of it is 

 made. 



" The pond pine is another scarce and 

 useless variety; it grows but in very small 

 numbers in the Southern States, on the bor- 

 ders of ponds, and in small swamps ; the 

 leaves always grow three together, and are 

 seven or eight inches in length: the most 

 remarkable thing about it is, that the cones 

 almost always grow in pairs upon the oppo- 

 site sides of the small branches ; they are 

 bright yellow, and very nearly of the same 

 size and shape as an egg. 



" The last kind of pine is also a native of the 

 Southern States, and is called the loblolly 

 pine." 



" Uncle Philip, what does that word loblolly 



