XXXIV.] 



PITCH PINE. 



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The specimens Nos. i to 6 were selected piecesj but 

 not all taken from the same tree. 



The following were taken from a continuous strip 

 cut the whole length of the tree. 



Table CLI.— Pitch Pine (American). 



Transverse Experiments. — 2nd Example. 



(Butt to Top, inner part of the tree. Fig. 32a.) 



Remarks. — No. 7 fractured but not broken asunder, highly resinous ; Nos. 8, g, 10, 

 and 11 broke a little short ; 12 broke with a long splintery fracture. 



Specimens Nos. 7 to 12, with the early layers or 

 growth, were taken at about 3 inches from the pith of a 

 centre plank cut from a log 42 feet in length. (Fig. 32.) 



FIG. 3a. — fl, b, C, 



2 B 



