Forestry 413 



Long-Leaved Pine, Georgia Pine, Southern Pine, 

 Yellow Pine, Hard Pine (Pinus palustris) 



A fine tree, up to 100 feet high; evergreen; found in great 

 forests in the Southern States; it supplies much of our 

 lumber now; and most of our turpentine, tar and rosin. 

 Wood strong and hard, a cubic foot weighs 44 lbs. Its 

 leaves are 10 to 16 inches long, and are in bunches of 3's; 

 cones, 6 to 10 inches long. Range, Va. to La. & Fla. 



Tamarack, Larch or Hackmatack (Larix laricina) 



A tall, straight, tree of the northern swamps yet often 

 found flourishing on dry hillsides. One of the few conifers 

 that shed all their leaves each fall. Leaves § to i inch long; 

 cones ^ to I inch. Wood very resinous heavy and hard, " a 

 hard, soft wood" very durable as posts, in Manitoba I 

 have seen tamarack fence posts unchanged after twenty 

 years' wear. It is excellent for firewood, and makes good 

 sticks for a rubbing-stick fire. A cubic foot weighs 39 lbs. 

 Found north nearly to the limit of trees; south to northern 

 New Jersey and Minnesota. 



White Spruce (Picea canadensis) 



Evergreen; 60 to 70 or even 150 feet high. Leaves 5 to 

 f inch long; cones i^ to 2 inches long, are at the tips of the 

 branches and deciduous; the twigs smooth. Wood white, 



