PINES. 291 



" Weymouths-Kiefer, Strobe," French " Pin du Lord, Pin blanc." 

 Height 140 180 ft., sometimes 100 ft. to first branch ; diam. 

 34 or 8 ft. S.G. 385600. W 24-25. E 600 tons. 

 e ' 1-466-94, averaging 3-48- p' -6 -78. / 3. ft 1-5 5-1. 

 c 2027. c' -267. fc 2-242-5. R 626 kilos. Straight- 

 growing ; sapwood yellowish-white ; heart pinkish-yellow to 

 pinkish-brown, light, very soft, straight-grained, compact, not 

 strong, free from resin, easily worked, susceptible of a fine 

 polish, but not durable in contact with soil, subject to cup 

 and heart-shake, and in old trees to a slight sponginess at the 

 centre, very closely resembling the Cembra Pine (P. C6mbra\ 

 the narrow zone of autumn wood merging into the spring wood, 

 the tracheids of the pith-rays having smooth walls, and the 

 cells one or two large simple pits on their radial walls to each 

 tracheid of the xylem. This is the most useful of American 

 timbers, being very valuable for every description of joinery, 

 doors, sashes, blinds, interior finish, laths, shingles, clap-boards, 

 cabinet-work, and spars, and used also for fuel. Masts of 

 this timber are much inferior to Baltic or Douglas Pine in 

 strength, and cannot be relied upon for more than eight or 

 ten years, especially if in the tropics. They should be very 

 thoroughly seasoned before being painted and the paint then 

 renewed almost annually. Trees of a size suitable for masts 

 were protected in our American colonies at the beginning of 

 the 18th century; but a century later seven-tenths of the 

 houses in North America, except in the large towns, were 

 built of wood, and of these about 75 per cent, were of this 

 species. Eeference has already been made to its reckless 

 destruction by the axe and by fire. 



Pine, White, of Western North America (P. montlcola Don.). 

 British Columbia to California, at altitudes of 200010,000 ft. 

 Height 80100 ft. ; diam. 45 or 7 ft. Nearly white, very 

 light, soft, close and straight-grained, but inferior to P. Strdbus, 

 which it much resembles. 



Pine, White, of New Zealand (Podocdrpus dacrydioides A. 

 Rich.: Order Tavlnece}. Maori "Kahikatea." Height 80150 



