The Pines. 



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tected from these destructive influences, unnecessarily caused 

 by man." l 



1345. ELLIOTT'S PINE (Pinus ElUottii). This is a southern-coast 

 pine, growing in light damp sandy soils, along marshes, and near 

 the mouths of rivers, never far inland, and showing a tendency to 

 form a second growth where other timber has been cut away. It 

 generally bears fruit every year, while the long-leaved and other 

 pines in that region generally are fertile on alternate years. It 

 blossoms early, and has a dense heavy head, dark foliage, and larger 

 and heavier branches than most other southern pines. The leaves 

 are generally in threes. The timber is heavy, very tough, and more 

 resinous than that of the long-leaved pine. It grows rapidly while 

 young, and from the facility with which it may be propagated, it 

 may become an important 



tree in forest-culture in the 

 future. 



1346. This has formerly 

 been considered a variety 

 of the Old-field Pine (P. 

 taeda), but it appears to 

 present distinct specific 

 characters, that have led 

 Dr. Engelmann to recently 

 describe it as a separate 

 species. 



1347. SCOTCH PINE (Pi- 

 nus sylvestris). This foreign 

 species is here mentioned, 

 because it has been intro- 

 duced for cultivation, and 

 has been found exceedingly 

 well adapted to certain light 

 sandy soils, where it grows 

 with great luxuriance. It 

 is the principal pine of Cen- 

 tral and Northern Europe, 



and is spread over all North- m Pto 



Besoms. Piuc - Leavcs an 



l Dr. Charles Mohr. Forestry Report, ii., 36. 



