Handbook of Teees of the JToetiiebiX States and Canada. 



Tlie Pit'-ii riiie cJopk not often attain a 

 griMtur lici.L'lit tliiin 70 or HO ft. or a grr-ater 

 (liainettT of tnink tliaii '1 or :i ft. \\ Ijcji grow- 

 ing in the o]ji'n liukls it des'elops an irregular 

 wide pyramidal or rounded liead. its rough 

 Ijranelies usually Ijristling with old taidily d ■- 

 cidnons cones. Its trunk is \ested in thick 

 dark l)rr)\\ ii hurk lissurc-d into large plates 

 wliicli exfoliate in irregular friable scales. It 

 is an ahundant tree in niany localities of the 

 northern states on sandy uplands which are 

 too sterile for the support for most other trees. 

 The wood rif the Pitch Pine is of medium 

 weiglit and hardness, \\ith coarse conspicuous 

 grain, resinous and of a brownish red color 

 with aburnlant lighter sap-wood.' It is used 

 for coarse lundier, tlooring. sills, etc., and to 

 some extent for fuel and charcoal. A cubic 

 foot, when seasoned, weighs .32.10 lbs. It is 

 said that considerable tiir, turpentine ami 

 lampblack haxe been ihudveil froTU this tree, 

 though the |)rincipal source of supply now is 

 in otlu'r species. 



/.(■ores' in clusters c I' ':. witli persistent sheaths. 

 rlKid, ."-." in. Iodk. dark Ki-ecn, with stcniiala on 

 three faces, resin-ducts within I he parench.vm;i. 

 and 2 fibro-vasciUar Imndlcs. Fhiii-rrn: staminate 

 ninnerous. yellow (rai-cl.\- ]jnr))ho ; |iistillate 

 lateral, usually in wliorls of -J or more, reddish 

 green, with short stout sterns, riu/c.v 1-:: in. Ion'.-, 

 faterab often in wliorls of several, ovoid, nearl.v 

 sessile, with scali'S IhiekeiM'd al apex and pro- 

 vided with curved rii;id priekli' ; seeds ahout "i 

 in. lorn,', triangular wilh rounded sides and ample 

 winv' luoadesi I.ehiw (he miildh'. 



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