TIMBER AND OTHER WOODS. 185 



P. Strobus, L., the AMERICAN WHITE PINE of 

 commerce, the YELLOW PlNE of our dockyards, the 

 WEYMOUTH PINE of botanists, introduced by Lord 

 Weymouth at Longleat in the last century, is more 

 used in America than any other pine, especially in 

 house -building. In England it is imported from 

 Quebec, and used for masts and spars, carriage- 

 building, cabinet -making, and house -building, for 

 which it is unrivalled. ". 



P. australis, Michaux, the PITCH PlNE, a native of 

 the Southern United States, is the most extensively 

 imported of American timbers. It is used for masts, 

 spars, beams, pit- props, wood-paving, wainscot, and as 

 already mentioned (p. 180 supra), furniture, and fur- 

 nishes most of the pitch and turpentine of the world. 



P. Pinaster, Solander (P. maritima, Poiret), the 

 CLUSTER PINE of Southern France, is imported to 

 Cardiff for mining timber. 



Picea excelsa, Link., the NORWAY SPRUCE or 

 WHITEWOOD, is extensively imported, the largest 

 timber coming from Riga, Memel, and Dantzic, the 

 best from St. Petersburg and Archangel. Whole 

 trees are used for scaffold-poles, ladders, and small 

 masts ; the whiteness of the wood causes it to be 

 used for kitchen tables and flooring; its cheapness, for 

 packing- cases 'and firewood; and it is also used for 

 paper-pulp. 



P. alba, Link., and P. nigra, Link., and Tsuga 

 canadensis, Carriere, the WHITE, BLACK, and HEM- 

 LOCK SPRUCES of North America, are largely im- 

 ported from New Brunswick and the rest of Canada, 

 especially for carpenters' work.. 



Larix europcea, DC., the LARCH, is exceptionally 



