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exceeds this stature. Its diameter is commonly uni- 
form for two-thirds of its length. It is most abun- 
dant in the poorest soils. The timber is very valuable 
and usually commands a higher price in market than 
the White Pine. It is highly esteemed in shipbuild- 
ing, being used for masts, yards, beams and decks of 
vessels. Michaux says: “The concentrical circles of 
the wood are six times as numerous in a given space 
as those of the Pitch and Loblolly Pines. In trunks 
fifteen or eighteen inches in diameter, there are only 
two inches or two and a-half of sap wood, and still 
less in such as exceed this size. The heart is fine 
grained and moderately resinous, which renders it 
compact without great weight. Long experience has 
proved its excellence and durability. It is considered 
next in durability to the Long-leaved Pine.” From 
these remarks it would appear that the tree is of slow 
growth. 
The Yellow Pine has been almost entirely neglected 
in ornamental culture. It is rarely mentioned in 
nursery catalogues, although superior in beauty to 
several species in common cultivation To quote 
Michaux once more: “The Yellow Pine is a beautiful 
tree, and this advantage it owes to the disposition of 
its limbs, which are less divergent the higher they are 
placed upon the stocks, and which are bent towards 
the body so as to form a summit regularly pyramidi- 
cal, but not spacious in proportion to the dimensions 
of the trunk. Its regularity has, perhaps, given rise 
to the name of Spruce Pine.” Meehan and Hoopes 
also praise its beauty. 
