FOREST TREES. 2085 
proper size, lumber of inferior quality is manufactured 
from it. The wood grown upon low lands is soft and 
light. The tree abounds in pitch; and before the 
Revolution considerable quantities of tar and turpen- 
tine were collected from it in New England. The 
wood produces an intense heat in burning, and is 
used by bakers and brickmakers where it is abundant. 
lts cultivation for timber cannot be recommended, as 
there are several species far surpassing it in value; 
and it is not much esteemed as an ornamental tree. 
5. Pinus Taeda—Loblolly Pine, Oldfield Pine. 
Leaves, six to ten inches long, from elongated 
sheaths; rigid, light green, slender; cones, oblong; 
three to five inches long; the scales tipped with short 
incurved prickles. 
The Loblolly Pine is not found north of Virginia, 
and, probably, will not endure the winters of much 
higher latitudes. It is a large and lofty tree, growing 
from fifty to one hundred feet high. The bark is 
thick, rough and deeply furrowed. It is sometimes 
called Oldfield Pine, from its disposition to take pos- 
session of lands that have been worn out by cultiva- 
tion and abandoned. On such lands it grows rapidly, 
although they have been so completely exhausted by 
mismanagement as to be scarcely capable of produc- 
ing anything else. 
In sections where the Loblolly Pine is abundant, 
and better timber is not at hand, it is considerably 
used in the construction of houses. The wood is free 
from knots, but is of spongy consistence, and is 
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