248 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



the Loblolly Pine (P. Tceda), not resinous. Employed chiefly for 

 inside work. 



Pine, Maritime. See Pine, Cluster. 



Pine, Meadow. See Pine, Cuban. 



Pine, Monterey (P. insignis Dougl. = P. radidta Don.). South 

 California. Height 80—100 ft.; diam. 2^5 ft. Light, soft, 

 brittle, not strong. Used only for fuel. 



Pine, Moreton-Bay {Araucdria Cunnighami Lamb. : Order Aran- 

 carinece), North-East Austraha and New Guinea. Known aho 

 as '' Colonial " or " Hoop Pine, Coonam," Cumburtu. Height 

 150—200 ft.; diam. 3— Sf ft, S.G. 763—500. W 30—33-75. 

 Yielding spars 80 — 100 ft. long, hght-coloured, light, straight- 

 grained, hard and strong, the sapwood hable to rot, but the heart 

 durable if kept constantly dry or wet, working very easily, some- 

 times exhibiting a peculiar figure from groups of small knots. In 

 request for flooring-boards, carpentry, punt-bottoms, and to some 

 extent for cabinet-work and spars, mountain-grown timber being 

 preferred. The chief softwood of Queensland ; but far inferior 

 to European or American Pine. 



Pine, Mountain (P. montdna Mill., including P. Pumilio Haenke, 

 of Thuringia and the Carpathians, P. Mughus Wild, of the Tyrol, 

 and P. uncindta Ram. of the Pyrenees). Central and Southern 

 Europe, at altitudes of 500—8,000 ft. French '' Pin nain." Germ. 

 '' Bergkiefer, Krummholzkiefer, Zwergkiefer." Resembhng the 

 Northern Pine (P. sylvestris), but small, often eccentric in growth, 

 narrow-ringed, harder, and heavier. 



Pine, Murray, and Pine, Murrumbidgee. See Cypress Pine. 



Pine, New York. See Pine, Short-leaf. 



Pine, Norfolk Island [Araucdria excelsa R. Br.). Germ, *'Nor- 

 folktanne." Height 150—200 ft. ; diam. 5—7 ft., yielding exceUent 

 timber, but now scarce. 



Pine, Northern (P. sylvestris L.). Europe and Northern Asia, 

 up to 700 ft. above sea-level in Northern Norway and 6,500 ft. on 

 the Sierra Nevada of Southern Spain. Known in Scotland as the 

 '' Scots," in England as the " Scotch Fir," and in the timber trade 

 by various names, according to its origin, such as ''White Sea," 

 *' Baltic," "St. Petersburg," "Riga," "Memel," "Dantzic," 

 'Gefle," '' Soderhamn," '' EKasberg," '' Saldowitz," "Swedish," 

 or " Norway Kr," " Redwood," " Red " or '' Yellow Deal." French 

 "Pm sauvage." Germ. " Gemeine Kiefer, Pohre," or " Weiss- 

 fohre." Dutch " Pynboom." Danish "Eyrre." Buss, " Sosna." 

 Height 80—100 ft. ; diam. 2—4 ft. S.G. 774—478. W 19—47. 

 e' 1*3—1-69. f .74—1-087. ft 2-5— 5-5. fc 2-5—3. c 4,051— 



