Pinus. CONIFERS. 



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Wood varying greatly in quality and amount of sap, heavy, hard, 

 strong, generally coarse-grained, compact; bands of small summer cells 

 broad" very resinous ; resin passages numerous, large ; medullary rays 

 numerous, conspicuous ; color orange, the sap-wood nearly white ; largely 

 manufactured into lumber, especially in the States west of the Mississippi 

 River. 



378. Pinus glabra, Walt. 



Cedar Pine. Spruce Pine. White Pine. 



South Carolina, south to middle Florida, generally near the coast, and 

 through the Gulf States south of latitude 32° 30' to the valley of the Pearl 

 River, Louisiana. 



A tree 24 to 30 metres in height, with a trunk O.f.O to 1.20 metres iu 

 diameter ; rich bottom-lands and hummocks in dense forests of hard-wood 

 trees, reaching its greatest development in Alabama and Mississippi ; not 

 common and very local. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, very coarse-grained, not durable ; 

 bands of small summer cells broad, not resinous ; resin passages few, not 

 large ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; color light brown, the sap-wood 

 nearly white. 



379. Pinus Banksiana, Lamb. 



Gray Pine. Scrub Pine. Prince's Pine. 



Bay of Chaleur to the southern shores of Hudson Bay, northwest to 

 the Great Bear Lake, the valley of the Mackenzie River, and the eastern 

 slope of the Rocky Mountains ; south to northern Maine, northern Ver- 

 mont, the southern shores of Lake Michigan and central Minnesota. 



A small tree, 9 to 22 metres in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 

 0.75 metre in diameter; barren, sandy soil or, less commonly, in rich 

 loam ; most common north of the boundary of the United States, and 

 reaching its greatest development in the region north of Lake Superior, 

 here often forming considerable forests ; toward its extreme western limits 

 associated and often confounded with the closely allied P. contorta and 

 P. Murrayana of the Pacific region. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, rather close-grained, compact; bands of 

 small summer cells not broad, very resinous, conspicuous ; resin passages 

 few, not large ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; color clear light brown 

 or, rarely, orange, the thick sap-wood almost white ; largely used for fuel, 

 railway-ties, etc. 



380. Pinus palustris, Mill. 



Long-leaved Pine. Southern Pine. Georgia Pine. Yellow Pine. 

 Hard Pine. 

 Southeastern Virginia, south to Cape Canaveral and Tampa Bay, 

 Florida, and through the Gulf States to the valley of the Red River, 



