CHAPTER XXXIII. 



PINES. 

 THE RED PINE TREE (Pinus resinosa, Aiton). 



IN an official report, published in Boston in 1846, on the 

 trees growing naturally in the forests of Massachusetts, 

 it is stated that "The bark of this tree is much less 

 rough than that of the Pitch Pine, and consists of rather 

 broad scales of a reddish colour. The long leaves are in 

 twos, and the cones are free from the bristling, rigid, 

 sharp points which distinguish those of the Pitch Pine. 

 It may also be distinguished at a distance by the greater 

 size and length of the terminal brushes of leaves. It is 

 known in New England by the name of Norway Pine, 

 although it is entirely different from the tree so called 

 in Europe, which is a kind of Spruce ; it is known in 

 Canada as Red Pine." 



This description of timber, unlike the Dantzic and 

 Riga Firs, which take their title from the port of ship- 

 ment, derives its name from the reddish colour of its 

 bark. 



It is a native of the United States and Canada, in 

 North America, where it attains a height of from 70 to 

 100 feet, with a circumference of from 4 to 5 feet. It is 

 more slender than the Pitch Pine, and yields the timber 



