CHAPTER XXXIV. 

 PINES (Continued). 



THE YELLOW PINE TREE (Pinus Stroblls). 



THIS tree occupies a very wide range in North America, 

 and is found to spread from near the Saskatchewan 

 River, in about 54 N., to the ridges of the Alleghany 

 Mountains in Georgia, and from Nova Scotia to the 

 Rocky Mountains. It is found in every part of New 

 England, growing in every variety of soil, but flourishing 

 best in a deep, moist, loamy sand. 



In England it is called by botanists the Weymouth 

 Pine, in compliment to Lord Weymouth, who first intro- 

 duced it into this country ; but in America it is com- 

 monly known as the White Pine, while the timber it 

 yields is best known in commerce as the Yellow Pine. 

 This tree may be distinguished by its leaves growing in 

 tufts of five, by its very long cones composed of loosely- 

 arranged scales, and, when young, by the smoothness 

 and delicate light-green colour of the bark. The trees 

 are of erect growth and noble dimensions, many of them 

 being 100 to 150 feet in height, and from 9 to 12 feet in 

 circumference. 



The wood is of a pale straw colour, soft, light (the 

 specific gravity being only 435), and moderately strong. 

 It has a clean, fine grain, works up with a smooth and 



