CHAPTER XXXII. 



AMERICAN PINES. 



RED PINE [Pinus resinosa). 



Of the thirty or more species of Pinus of Canada and 

 the United States, several are of importance as timber. 

 One of the best known of these is the Red Pine of 

 Canada.* 



In an official report, published in Boston in 1846, on 

 the trees growing naturally in the forests of Massachu- 

 setts, it is stated that " The bark of this tree is much less 

 rough than that of the Pitch Pine, and consists of rather 

 broad scales of a reddish colour. The long leaves are in 

 twos, and the cones are free from the bristling, rigid, 

 sharp points which distinguish those of the Pitch Pine. 

 It may also be distinguished at a distance by the greater 

 size and length of the terminal brushes of leaves. It is 

 known in New England by the name of Norway Pine, 

 although it is entirely different from the tree so called 

 in Europe, which is a kind of Spruce ; it is known in 

 Canada as Red Pine." 



This description of timber, unlike the Dantzic and 

 Riga Firs, which take their title from the port of ship- 



* Sometimes spoken of as " Yellow Pine," but a totally different tree from 

 Pinvs Sirobus. It is also referred to as " Norway Pine " in Canada, but it has 

 nothing to do with Pinus sylvestris. 



