Handbook of Trees of the JS'oirniE.Eiv States and Canada. 15 



This \aluable timbci-tn'e oi/casionally at- 

 taiiiN the lieiyiit of lOU ft., ur s(niir\\ hat mure, 

 witli iriugiilav w ide pyiaiuidal or ruundfd 

 head and straight eoliiuiiiar trunk o-4 ft. in 

 tliiukness. It.s bark is uf a reddish brown 

 color with wide iri'egnhir scaly [dates and 

 ridges. It is particnhirly abundant and well 

 de\"elu[H'd in the lower Mississip[d basin and 

 probably no other Pine [iroduces as niueh 

 hunher for nse in the central-westei'n states as 

 this. 



The wood, as a hard Pine, is considered only 

 second to that uf the Long-leaf Pine in value. 

 and in being somewhat softer and less resin- 

 ous tiuiii that is preferred to it for nnuiy 

 uses. It is rather heavy and hard, a cu. ft 

 weighing 38.04 lbs., and of a reddish yellow- 

 color with thick lighter sap-wood. It is 

 largi'ly manufactured into lund)er for interior 

 (ini-.hing and gemual construction i)nrposes.- 



^' .■;-."i in. h.my iu clusters of 2 ( occasion - 

 with persistent sheaths, rather sh^^ndcr, 



rin 



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Mcxihh', (lark i;rfcti ; braachlcts ron£;li 

 staminale yel lowish pari tic, a J n nil ■'<, in. long, in 

 crowded cliislci's: pislillate pair rnsc-color. single 

 cr in whorls of 1^ nr '■> wil !i stoat sicms. Cmics 

 oblong-ovoid. 1 i'j-2 in. long, single or few to- 

 gcther, subsessile. Literal and willi scales thickened 

 nt npi'x and liaving a proniincnl transverse ridge 

 aod weak prickle; seeds i-oimd-l riangnlar. aliont 

 three-sixteenths in. long, inoi l led anil with ample 

 oblii|ue wing broadest near I he center. 



1. Syu. I'iini.s 



2. A. \V.. III. 



ills Aliclix. 



