PINE. 281 



Korea. Japan "Omatsu, Kuro-matsu." Height, 80 90 or 

 120 ft. ; diam. 2 4 ft. Used in house-building and for fuel. 



Pine, Japanese Red (P. densifldra S. and Z.). Japan " Me- 

 raatsu, Aka-matsu." Height 50 70 or 100 ft. Slender, coarse- 

 grained, moderately strong, more ornamental than that of the 

 preceding. Used for all kinds of carpentry and a favourite 

 species in a dwarfed condition. 



Pine, Jersey (P- virginidna Mill. = P. inops Sol.). Eastern 

 United States. Known also as "Scrub Pine." French "Pin 

 chetif." Height up to 75 100 ft. ; diam. up to 23 ft. East 

 of the Alleghanies used only as fuel; to the west, where it 

 reaches timber size, used in carpentry, especially in contact 

 with water. 



Pine, Kauri. See Kauri. 



Pine, Lachlan. See Cypress-Pine. 



Pine, Light. See Cypress-Pine. 



Pine, Loblolly (P. T<Ma L.). Southern United States. 

 Known also as "Torch, Frankincense, Slash, Rosemary, Sap, 

 Short-straw," or "Old Field Pine." French "Pin a 1'encens," 

 Germ. " Weihrauchkiefer." Height 80100 or 175 ft.; diam. 

 2 5 ft. Sapwood wide ; heart hard, though less so than in the 

 Long-leaf Pine (P. paliistris), with which it is generally con- 

 founded, lighter, coarser in grain, and with wider rings than 

 that species, not strong or durable. Used for common lumber ; 

 but suited rather for fuel ; rich in resin. 



Pine, Lodge-pole (P- Murraydna Balf.). Mountains of 

 Western North America. Known also as "Tamarack Pine, 

 Black Pine," or, in the smaller form (P. contdrta Dougl.) as 

 " Oregon Scrub Pine." Height 7080 or 150 ft. ; diam. 46 ft. 

 Light, hard, straight-grained, easily worked, but not strong or 

 durable. Used locally for railway-ties and carpentry, and more 

 generally for fuel. 



Pine, Long-leaf, in America (P. palustris Mill. = P. austrdlis 

 Michx.). Southern pine-barrens from North Carolina to Texas. 

 Known also in the Northern States as "Southern, Georgia" or 

 "Red Pine"; in the Southern States as "Turpentine-tree," 



