102 TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. 
we have. The greatest amount is produced from two 
species. From the pine is produced immense quantities 
of pine-tar, resin, and pitch, North and South Carolina 
taking the lead, “The Barrens” of these two states be- 
ing justly famous, not only for the quantity but for the 
quality. But not only is it useful for building purposes, 
but also for ornamental purposes, the only trouble being 
that these trees are found mostly west of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
THE WHITE PINE. 
This is one of the best-known of our American trees, 
and reaches a height of from one hundred to one hun- 
dred and eighty feet, with a diameter of from two anda 
half to six feet. So much of our pine has been cut and 
shipped to the Old World that, where the pine was for- 
merly abundant, as in New England, northern New York, 
and Pennsylvania, it has now become scarce, and large 
tracts that were thought to be inexhaustible are now 
bare and devoid of pine. The Northwestern States at 
present furnish nearly all of our pine, but it is needless 
to expect even here a renewal of the pine, for the tide 
of immigration is so great that, before a second supply 
will have time to grow, the country will be populated, 
and instead of pine-forest we will have comfortable 
farms and cities. The white pine is a hardy tree, and 
accommodates itself to almost every variety of soil. The 
wood of the white pine that is grown on dry uplands is 
harder, more resinous, stronger, and has a much coarser 
grain than that grown in moister soils. It is a very 
graceful tree, its foliage being soft, its color a deep, rich 
green; the only objection to it as an ornamental tree 
being the formal arrangement of its branches in whorls, 
but this is lost sight of in a large tree. Its wood burns 
freely, but does not give much heat; hence it is not fit for 
much until it has reached a convenient size for hewing 
into timber, or for lumber. Hence I would suggest that, 
in planting the young trees, they be set eight feet apart, 
