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THE CEDAR. 

 Thi:? is one of the most wonderful of ull the tiee tribe in se- 

 veral respects. It endures many extremes of heat and cold, and 

 is found enjo} ing the moist climate of the Barbadccs. The hot 

 and sulti}- Eermudas, and tlie cold and changeable region we 

 inhabit, as well as the mountain of Asia. In the temple of 

 Apollo at Utica, there was to be found cedar timber over two 

 thousand years old. The Sittim, made mention of in the Bible, 

 is supposed to i^ave been cedar, from whicli the precious utensils 

 were made ; when they sa d a thing was cedro digna, the meaning 

 was, worthy of eternity. 



THE PINE (piKus). 



This tine tree is one of two sexes, male and female; the male 

 is a looser growing tree than the lemale, and far more knotty ; in 

 transplanting, great care should be taken never to shorten in the 

 head, or cut utf the branches; if the root become bruised, it is 

 far better to sear the ends with a hot iron, rather than cut them, 

 as this bleeding not unfrequently destroys the plant. Most of 

 Venice and Amsterdam are built upon piles of a species of pine, 

 and there are 13,059 huge sticks under the Stadt House at Am- 

 sterdam, which cost almost as much money as thesuper.^lructure. 

 The bark ut' the pine tree heals sores ; the inner rind cut small 

 and boiled, is a good remedy for burns, scalds, and frozen limbs. 

 The timber is njuch used for shingles, bottles, wine vessels, and 

 in buildings of all descriptions; the vast beams, sustaining the 

 roof of St. Peter's church, at Rome, are pine, and were placed 

 there in the year 336, by Constantine. Tar is made of the 

 sap of this tree, and from it turpentine, rosin, pitch and various 

 concretes. 



There are twelve pines : 



Longleaved Pine, Pinus australis. 



Jersey Pine, do moss. 



Yellow Pine, do mitis. 



Loblolly Pine, do tseda. 



White Pine, do strobas. 



Wild Pine, do sylvestris. 



Pond Pine, do serotinia. 



