CATALOGUE OF THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD 225 



Pine, Silver. Dacrydium Westlandicum, T. Kirk. Weight, 41 lbs. 

 (Baterden). New Zealand. 



This timber has not been imported on a commercial scale. The 

 Board of Agriculture, New Zealand, " reports it as yellowish-white in 

 colour, sometimes mottled, straight and even in grain, dense, firm and 

 compact, of great strength and toughness. Procurable up to 20 feet 

 in length and 15 inches in width. Used for bridges, wharves, sleepers, 

 mining-timbers, cabinet-making ; also in building and joinery generally." 



Pine, Tonawanda. Source unknown. North America. 



A considerable quantity of timber called by this name has been 

 obtainable in London through Government agencies since the war began, 

 though such a name was previously unknown in commercial usage. The 

 timber resembles that of yellow pine (Pinus Sirobus), or that which is 

 known in America as white pine. 



Pine, Yellow.^ Pinus Strohiis, Linn. Weight, 27 lbs. 9 oz. Canada, 

 North-Eastern United States. 



The tree, known in America and Scotland as the " white pine," and 

 cultivated in England under the name of " Weymouth pine," is in- 

 digenous only in a restricted region ; the north-eastern parts of the 

 United States and adjoining Canada, extending from Winnipeg to 

 Newfoundland, and down the Atlantic States to Virginia. Formerly 

 vast forests of this species abounded, and trees over 200 feet in height 

 and 7 feet in diameter at the base of the trunk were obtainable. The 

 ruthless felUng operations of the American lumbermen, however, un- 

 accompanied by adequate afforestation, have gravely reduced the supplies 

 of this most valuable timber. Of later years the quality also has 

 deteriorated, and it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain it free from 

 knots and sap-wood. However, a considerable quantity free from 

 defects is still available. The timber has steadily advanced in price, which 

 eventually reached the figure of 6s. per cubic foot for the best quality. 

 As the result of the large import of Siberian pine, the price slightly 

 declined towards the year 19 14. During the war the Timber Controller 

 fixed the maximum price at 9s. 8d. per foot cube. 



An extremely interesting handbook \A History of the Lumber Industry 

 in the State of New York, by Wm. F. Fox), which was published in 1902 

 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, informs us that " in 1614, the year 

 when the first houses were built at Albany and on Manhattan Island 

 (now the city of New York), the territory which now constitutes the State 

 of New York was forest covered throughout. . . . New York was not 



1 The name " yellow pine ■ in the United States is not given to this wood, bxit 

 to entirely different kinds of pine timbers. 



