PINE 243 



Pine, Black, in New Zealand (i) {Prumnopitys spicdfa Masters : 

 Order Taxinece), Maori " Matai." Height 80 ft. ; diam. 2—4 ft 

 S.G. 787. W 35—49-25. p 197-2. Cinnamon-brown, heavy, 

 close, smooth, and even in grain, strong, easily worked, very 

 durable. Used for piles, sleepers, house-building, mill-wrights' 

 work, etc. (ii) {Podocdrpus ferruginea Bon. : Order Taxineoa), 

 Maori '' Mro." Germ. " Mirobaum." Height 50—80 ft. ; diam. 

 1 — 3 ft. S.G. 1,214 when green, 752 — 658 when seasoned. W 52 — 

 40. p 190. Light to dark reddish-brown, sometimes nicely 

 figured, moderately heavy and hard, close, straight, and even in 

 grain, strong, elastic, planing up well, and taking a good polish, 

 durable in contact with sea-water, but not in contact with the 

 soil. Used for piles, and suited for house-building, cabinet-work, 

 or turnery. 



Pine, Black, in Australia. See Cypress Pine. 



Pine, Brown* See Cedar, Pencil (iii). 



Pine, Bull (P. ponder osa Bough). Western North America. 

 Known also as " Yellow " or " Heavy-wooded Pine." Germ. 

 '' Westhche Gelbkiefer." Height 100—150 ft. or up to 300 ft. ; 

 diam. 5 — 6 or 15 ft. Sapwood wide ; heart very variable in weight, 

 strength, and durabihty, generally hard, brittle, strong, resinous, 

 but not durable in contact with the soil. Furnishing most of 

 the hard Pine of the West, being largely used for lumber, railway- 

 ties, mining-timber, and fuel. See also Pine, Black, and Pine, 

 Nut. 



Pine, Bunya. See Bunya-lbunya. 



Pine, Canadian Red {P. resinosa Sol. == P. rUbra Michx.). Michigan 

 and Minnesota to Newfoundland. Known in Canada as " Norway 

 Pine" and in Nova Scotia as "YeUow Pine." Frmch "Pin 

 rouge d'Amerique." Germ. " Rothkiefer " or " Harzige Fichte." 

 Height 60—100 ft. or more; diam. 2—2^ ft. S.G. 578—485. 

 W 30—44. E 650—850 tons, e' 1-32. f -81. / 3-71. ft 5-1— 

 6-3. c 2,705. c' -357. fc 2-4— 2-76. v' -62. fs -22— -35. E 800 

 kilos. Sapwood yellowish-white ; heart shghtly reddish, Hght, 

 harder than Yellow Pine (P. Strohus)^ tough, elastic, moderately 

 strong, fine-grained, working up weU, with a siliy lustre, very 

 resinous, durable, not shrmMng or warping much in seasoning. 

 Used for spars, ship-building, and piles ; but chiefly for flooring, 

 for which it is preferable to Yellow Pine, with which it grows, it 

 being, in fact, a hard Pine, resembhng resinous examples of Scots 

 Mr. 



Pine, Canadian Yellow. See Pine, White. 



Pine, Carolina. See Pine, Short-leaf. 



Pine, Cedar. See Pine, Lowland-Spruee. 



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