42 TIMBER 
The wood is in moderate use for flooring purposes in 
England, and in the States is used, with other timber 
of the same species, for street-paving purposes. The 
principal use, however, in European countries at the 
present time is for piles, beams, bridges, and other 
heavy constructional work. 
Loblolly Pine.—This is a timber in many respects 
identical with the foregoing. It grows freely in the 
Southern States, forests being plentiful in Virginia, 
South Carolina and Texas. It is obtainable in better 
dimensions, but not in such long lengths as Pitch Pine, 
and is inferior in many respects, having much more 
sap-wood and being of a soft and coarse texture. Simi- 
lar in general appearance and of less value, it is often 
substituted for Pitch Pine and also for the Short-Leaf 
Pine of Missouri and Arkansas, which is a!'so known 
under the name of Carolina Pine. No shipments of 
the wood are made to Great Britain, but it is largely used 
in the Southern States for sleepers, bridges and piles, 
after chemical treatment. 
Carolina or Short-Leaf Pine——Another timber of 
similar resinous nature, common in the Southern 
States of America, where it grows to a height of 80 ft. 
It is not the equal of Pitch Pine in strength, and is not 
so resinous, but in other respects it will bear com- 
parison. Shipments were made to England some 
years ago in an attempt to establish a market, and it 
sold fairly well for a time, a moderate consumption 
taking place in the timber or converted board; which 
were sent. The demand however subsided, and it is 
now but seldom seen in the English markets. 
Cypress.—A further timber from the Southern 
States of America, for which attempts have been made 
to secure a regular and established demand in Great 
Britain. The tree is allied to the red-woods of 
