FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
a vast territory. Not that the conifers 
are here entirely absent, for several of 
these, including the white pine itself, 
follow the mountain ranges and scat- 
ter throughout the hills and plains; 
but their number dwindles in the pro- 
portion of the whole. 
Beyond this region to the southward, 
in the States that border the Gulf 
east of the Mississippi, in Georgia, 
and stretching along the coast north- 
ward, a region of pines is once more 
encountered. This section of our 
forests, though it has already yielded 
generous supplies, is among the richest 
in the country. From the pineries of 
the South is obtained much of our con- 
struction timber; and thence, too, we 
derive our pitch, tar, and turpentine 
from the sap of the trees. 
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