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60. Georgia Pine. The southern yellow pine, or Georgia 

 pine, is a very different tree from its northern cousin, the 

 white pine, furnishing us with a resinous yellow wood, 

 much harder than white pine, and a beautiful and valu- 

 able material for the interiors of buildings. It is also 

 very durable and is frequently used for exposed places, 

 such as the decks of ships. 



The needles are very long, measuring a foot and some- 

 times fifteen inches in length. 



The seed cones are from six to 

 ten inches long, and the scales have 

 little prickles on their ends. The 

 tree grows throughout the south- 

 ern states from Virginia to Texas, 

 and the cutting of its timber is a 

 valuable industry of the South. 

 61. Yellow Pine. The common 



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yellow pine must not be confounded 



with the long-leaved Georgia pine. The former has 

 needles growing three in a bunch, and the latter short 

 needles three or four inches long, growing two and some- 

 times three in a group. The cone of the common yellow 

 pine is also very much smaller, being only two inches 

 long. 



Its wood is very valuable and is used for flooring, 

 ceiling, and interior finishing. 



