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Other American Pines are : — 



The Western White Pine {P. montuola), common in 

 Columbia and Vancouver Island, but less valuable as 

 timber than its Atlantic representative, P. Strobus. 



The Sugar Pine [P. Lambertiand) of the Rocky- 

 Mountains and Pacific Coast. Its timber is large and 

 valuable. 



The Flexible Pine of Nevada, &c. {P.flexilis). The 

 wood is very pliable, but too knotty and coarse for good 

 work. 



The Western Yellow Pine (P. ponderosa) of the 

 Rocky Mountains and Pacific slopes, yields a very 

 resinous heavy timber of large size, but not strong in 

 proportion. 



The Loblolly Pine of Carolina, &c. {P. Tcedd), yields 

 very poor timber. 



The Short-leafed Yellow Pine of the Southern 

 States (P- Mitis) has fine-grained, strong and durable 

 wood, much used in carpentry in the States. 



The Long-leafed Yellow Pine or Turpentine Tree of 

 the Southern States {P. Australis) is by far the most im- 

 portant of the genus in the South. The wood is red and 

 resinous, and most of the resin in America comes from 

 it. It is much used and exported as Pitch Pine, and 

 must be distinguished from the Northern P. rigida of 

 Canada, &c., which is exported under the same name. 



