PINE CREEPING WARBLER. 235 



The Yellow Pine. 



PiNus VARIABILIS, PuTsh, Flor. Amer. Sept. voL ii. p. 643 P. mitis. MichaiLv, 



Arbr. Forest, vol. i. p. 52. pi. 3 Moniecia Movadelpiiia, Linn. Coni- 



feujE, Juss. 



This species is known by various names : — Long-leaved Pine, Yellow 

 Pine, Red Pine, and Pitch Pine. It attains a height of a hundred 

 feet, and has a diameter of four. The leaves are very long, three in 

 a sheath, and fasciculate at the ends of the branches. It is very abun- 

 dant in the Southern States, where it is employed for various purposes, 

 more especially for the inclosure of cultivated fields, and for ship-building 

 and domestic architecture. Most of the tar of the Southern States is ob- 

 tained from this tree. 



