Handbook of Trees of the jSToktjieen States a.\d Canada. 



The Wliitf J'iiu- ih one of the talk-st tifi.-s 

 of the forests of northeastern America, >unie- 

 times attaining the height of 200 ft. witli a 

 long columnar trunk 3-5 ft. in diameter. 

 When growing in the open it develops a wide 

 pyramidal liead easily distinguished from all 

 other Pines by its bluish green hne-needled 

 foliage and the dark deeply furrowed bark 

 with wliiuh the large trunks are vested. It 

 once constituted the bulk of lar,L:e tracts of 

 forest, Init being by far the mo-t valuabh' 

 timber tree of its range these tracts have been 

 largely cleared away to meet the need- and 

 wastes of a growing population, and now onl> 

 occasional monarchs, towering head and 

 shoulders above tlie surrounding forests of 

 other growth, suggest the niagnificance of the 

 primeval Pine forests. Fortunate-ly it is .piiek 

 til reproduce itself and many trai'ts of hind, 

 wliere cultivation has been neglected, liecomi' 

 quickly covered with its new .-econd growtli. 



Tlie wood of tlie White Pine is the most 

 valuable of the Pines for hous<> linishing, 

 window-sash, blinds, etc. It is light, soft, ver>' 

 easily worked, durable and of a light pinkish 

 broHn I'olor witli fliin ligliti'r sap-wood. A 

 cubic foot whi'ii absolutely dry weighs 24.02 

 Ibs.i 



Leaves in clusters o£ •";, with loese-scajed de- 

 ciduous sheaths, ver.v slender, 3-.j in. long, pale 

 bluish green with 3-5 rows of ventral stomata, 

 peripheral resin-ducts and a siu,!;le Iibro-v;iseul:ir 

 bundle; branchlets smooth, reddish .ureen. Ftoim-x: 

 staniinate yellow, about % in. ioug ; pistillate 

 pinkish purple. erect, terminal, pedunculate. 

 Fruit: cones become drooping and about half 

 grown at the close of the first sea.son, 4-10 in. 

 long at maturit.v, long-stalked, cvlindric and often 

 curved, with thin unarmed scales and liberatinL; 

 their seeds in Si'ijteinber : seeds about % in. long, 

 mottled nud witli htrge win.us.s 



1. A. W., II, 40. 



2, For genus si'r; p. nil. 





