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ern regions. In Maine, New-Hampshire, and Vermont, the 

 White Pine abounds in various situations, adapting itself to 

 every variety of soil, from dry, gravelly upland, to swamps 

 constantly wet. Michaux measured two trunks near the 

 river Kennebec, one of which was 154 feet long, and 54 

 inches in diameter ; the other 144 feet long, and 44 inches 

 in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Dr. Dwight also 

 mentions a specimen on the Kattskill 249 feet long, and sev- 

 eral on the Unadilla 200 feet long, and three in diameter.* 

 These, though they are remarkable specimens, show the 

 stately altitude which this fine species sometimes attains, 

 equalling in majesty the grandest specimens of the old world: 



TJie rougher rinded Pine, 



The great Argoan ship's brave ornament, 

 Which, coveting with his high top's extent 

 To make the mountains touch the stars divine, 

 Declis all the forest with embellishment. 



Spenser. 



The Yellow Pine, (P. mitls,) is a fine evergreen, usually 

 reaching a stature of 50 or 60 feet, with a nearly uniform 

 diameter of about 18 inches for two-thirds of its length. The 

 branches orenerally take a handsome conical shape, and the 

 whole head considerably resembles that of the spruce, whence 

 it is sometimes called the Spruce Pine. The term Yellow 

 Pine arises from the colour of the wood as contrasted with 

 that of the foregoing sort, which is white. The leaves of 

 this species are long and flexible, arranged in pairs upon the 

 branches, and have a fine dark green colour. The cones 

 are very small, scarcely measuring an inch and a half in 

 length, and are clothed on the exterior with short spines. 

 The growth is quite slow. 



The Yellow Pine is rarely found above Albany to the 

 northward, but it extends as far south as the Floridas. It 

 grows in the greatest abundance in New- Jersey, Maryland, 

 and Virginia, and sometimes measures five or six feet in cir- 



* Dwight's Travels, Vol. IV. p. 21—26. 



