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cousin and in Eastern Minnesota. This species extends along the 

 mountains into the Southern States, and in Western North Carolina 

 it grows to from GO to 70 feet in height, but is not accessible to mar- 

 kets, and is only of local use. This, and the red pine, in Canada, 

 do not extend much north of a line running from north shore of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, at first S. W. and then K. W., passing a 

 little north of Lake Nipigon, north of Lake Superior. South of 

 the St. Lawrence the pine has been mostly worked out in Canada, 

 and the supplies now come from the upper waters of the St. Maurice 

 and the rivers flowing southward into the Ottawa. 



1304. The white pine thrives best in a light sand, with a clay 

 subsoil, and it prefers plains and broad river valleys to higher lands. 

 It can scarcely be made to grow upon a limestone soil, and has not 

 answered expectations in some places abroad. In the plantation of 

 M. Vilmorin, at Barres, France, it was found that " the wood is 

 soft, light and worthless, even for firewood. It is of no use but for 

 ornament. Although it grows well with its own kind, it has no 

 chances when planted with other species." 



1305. According to Lorentz & Parade, 1 it is found to succeed in 

 France, excepting in the south, and it has a very rapid growth ; 

 but time had not yet been allowed for it to ripen, and the best qual- 

 ity of wood had not yet been produced. 



1306. WESTERN WHITE PINE (Pinus monticola). This pine oc- 

 curs in Oregon and Washington Territory, growing from 7,000 to 

 10,000 feet above tide, and to a height of 60 to 70 feet, with a 

 diameter of three feet. It is the western representative of the com- 

 mon white pine of the Atlantic States, which it most resembles in 

 habit of growth and texture of wood, but it is not equal to it in 

 quality. In British Columbia this is known as " white pine," and it 

 is common in the interior of Vancouver Island, and along the 

 Southern Coast Range. The Indians collect the seeds of this tree 

 for food. 



1307. THE SUGAR PINE (Pinus Lambertiana). This is the most 

 magnificent of pines in dimension, and among the choicest in the 

 quality of its wood. It occurs between the Rocky Mountains and 

 the Pacific, and from Mexico to near the Columbia River, growing 



1 Culture des Bois, 5th ed., p. 158. 



