246 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Pine, Japanese Black (P. Thunbergii Pari. = P. Massonidna 

 S. and Z.). Japan and Korea. Japan " Omatsu, Kuro-matsu." 

 Height 80 — 90 or 120 ft. ; diam. 2 — 4 ft. Used in house-buildxng 

 and for fuel. 



Pine, Japanese Red (P. dmsiflora S. and Z.). Japan "Me- 

 matsu, AJsa-matsu." Height 50 — 70 or 100 ft. Slender, coarse- 

 grained, moderately strong, more ornamental than that of the pre- 

 ceding. Used for all kinds of carpentry, and a favourite species in 

 a dwarfed condition. 



Pine, Jersey (P. virginidna Min.==P. inops Sol.). Eastern 

 United States. Known also as " Scrub Pine." French " Pin 

 chetif." Height up to 75 — 100 ft. ; diam. up to 2 — 3 ft. East 

 of the AUeghanies used only as fuel ; to the west, where it reaches 

 timber size, used in carpentry, especially in contact with water. 



Pine, Kauri. See Kauri, 



Pine, King William. See Cedar, Tasraanian. 



Pine, Laehlan, See Cypress Pine. 



Pine, Light. See Cypress Pine. 



Pine, Loblolly (P. Tceda L.). Southern United States. Elnown 

 also as "^^ Torch, Frankincense, Slash, Eosemary, Sap, Short- 

 straw," or " Old Pield Pine." Pre^c^ '' Pin a Tencens." Germ. 

 '' Weihrauchkiefer." Height 80—100 or 175 ft. ; diam. 2—5 ft. 

 Sapwood wide ; heart hard, though less so than in the Long-leaf 

 Pine (P. paMstris), with which it is generally confounded, lighter, 

 coarser in grain, and with wider rings than that species, not strong 

 or durable. Used for common lumber ; but suited rather for fuel ; 

 richi in resin. 



Pine, Lodge-pole (P. Murraydna Balf.). Mountains of Western 

 North America. Known also as "Tamarack Pine, Black Pine," 

 or, in the smaller form (P. contorio Dough) as " Oregon Scrub Pine." 

 Height 70—80 or 150 ft. : diam. 4—6 ft. Light, hard, straight- 

 grained, easily worked, but not strong or durable. Used locally 

 for railway-ties and carpentry, and more generally for fuel. 



Pine, Long-leaf, in America (P. paUstris Mill. = P. austrdlis 

 Michx.). Southern pine-barrens from North Carolina to Texas. 

 Known also in the Northern States as " Southern, Georgia," or 

 "Eed Pine"; in the Southern States as "Turpentine -tree," 

 " Yellow, Broom," or " Long-straw Pine "; and generally, especially 

 in foreign trade, as " Pitch Pine," associated with the name of the 

 port of origin, such as Darien, Pensacola, Savannah, etc. Height 

 50—100 ft. ; diam. lf~4 ft. S.G. 932—498. W 37—44. E 950 

 tons, e' 1-93— 1-53. p' •91-1-3. / 3-57. ft 4—5-09. c 4,666. 

 c' '616. fc 3-99. V' -847. Imported in logs and planks, 20—45 ft. 

 long, squaring 11—18 in., or 3—5 in. thick, and 10—15 in. wide. 



