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from 40 to 60 feet high, with a circumference of 4 or 

 5 and even 6 feet. The limbs on the upper part of 

 the tree are more inclined towards the trunk than 

 those of our other species, so as to give somewhat of 

 a pyramidal form to the top. The leaves are 2 to 5 

 inches long, generally two, but sometimes three, in a 

 sheath. The cone or bur is the smallest of all our 

 species, rarely attaining a length of 2 inches, the tips 

 of the scales armed with slender short prickles. The 

 heart-w^ood is fine grained and but moderatel}^ resin- 

 ous ; but the sap-wood soon decays. The timber is 

 extensively used in house and ship building, though 

 not deemed so valuable as that of the Long-leaf, 

 When grown in very rich soils, I believe its timber is 

 coarser than when raised in less fertile land. 



2. Jersey Pine. (P. inops, Ait.) — This tree is 

 generally confounded in this State with the preced- 

 ing, and also called Sliort-leaved Pine and Spruce 

 Pine. In some parts of the country it is known also 

 under the names of Cedar ^ River and Scrub Pine. 

 The name which I have adopted, after Michaux, 

 seems to have originated from its being a prevalent 

 tree in New Jersey, where it has its northern limit, 

 and from whence it is found, on barren and gravelly 

 hills, to the upper part of Georgia. In such situa- 

 tions it is found in the Middle and Upper Districts 

 of this State, but nowhere very abundant. It is from 

 20 to 40 feet high, and 12 to 15 inches in diameter, 

 with rather distant, spreading and drooping branches. 

 The voune branches are smoother in this than in 



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