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ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



Fig. 3. Long-leaf pine turpentined 

 by the old "box" method, a few miles 

 north of Bayou la Batre, Mobile 

 County, before cups and gutters came 

 into use. Photographed by Dr. Eu- 

 gene A. Smith and R. S. Hodges, 

 July 31. 1902. 



especially in Florida before the days of automobiles and asphalt 

 roads. A fil)er extracted from them by a chemical process is 

 known as pine wool, and is said to have about the same properties 

 as excelsior. 



The resinous nature of the wood adapts it especially for fuel, 

 torches, and kindling ("lightwood"). It constitutes the principal 

 domestic fuel in all the regions where it abounds, and is used a 

 great deal by electric light and waterworks plants in the smaller 

 cities in the same regions. It has not been many years since pas- 

 senger trains in southern Alabama and adjoining states were drawn 

 by wood-burning locomotives, and many if not most log trains still 

 are. Long-leaf pine wood has also been used for charcoal, though 



