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Pine wood is soft, but is much used for building and 

 makes the best of masts. 



Pitch Pine : 



This tree may be distin- 

 guished from the above by 

 its leaves, which grow in 

 threes, by its irregular gro^Hh, 

 and by its very rough bark. 

 Its wood is much harder 

 than the Avhite pine, and 

 therefore better for floors. 

 Its branches, the pine knots 

 of commerce, are full of resin. 

 Like the scrub pine of Xew 

 Jersey, it will grow in bar- 

 ren, sandy soil, where noth- 



Red or Norway Pine, branch and 

 cone. 



Pitch Pine, branch and cone. 



ing else can flourish. The 

 scrub pine has its green 

 leaves in twos. 



The Red Pine : 



Its green leaves are in 

 twos. Its bark is not 

 nearly so rough as that of 

 the pitch pine, and is in 

 rather broad scales of red- 

 dish color. 



The most valuable pine 

 of all is the long-leaved 

 southern pine, young trees 



