ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. 



67 



Exposition, at Philadelphia, a plank of this wood was 



exhibited, eight feet four inches wide, by 



nine inches thick- The red-pine does not 



grow to the same dimensions, hardly ever 



exceeding seventy-fiye feet, neither is its 



wood of so fine a quality. Dry, sandy land 



is its farourite. Rock-pine is only men- _^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 



tioned here for the sake of recommending ?'"='" ''"*°f'=°"^ 



its preservation and use where it grows naturally. It is 



worth hardly anything, from a commercial point of 



44. — Leaves and branch cf red-pine. 



view, except for firing. Poor, stony soils suit it, and 

 it rarely exceeds forty feet in height. Engraving No. 41, 

 p. 65, represent the "Weymouth or white-pine, No. 42, 

 p. 66, its bough, and No. 43 its seed. Engraving No. 44, 

 shows a branch of the red-pine. 



CHAPTER V. 



SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST TREES WHICH INHABIT THE 

 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 



Besides the species common to all the provinces, 

 Ontario possesses a considerable number in addition, 



