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{P. poncUrosa) which grows in the same districts ; it is used 
for the same purposes as P. strohus. 
American Red Pine (P. rubra or P. resinosa), commonly 
called Canadian red pine, is a tree of 50 to 80 ft. in 
height and 2 ft. in diameter which goes by different 
names in different localities ; in some places it is called 
Norway pine, in others yellow pine, and, as has been said, it 
is classed with white pine in the States timber trade; it 
grows to a great extent in Canada and in Minnesota, 
Wisconsin, and Michigan, in fact over the same area as 
the white pine. The timber is reddish white, with fine, 
clean grain, a good deal of sap, somewhat soft though 
harder than P. strohus, but fairly tough and elastic, not 
liable to warp or spHt, and durable when seasoned. Chiefly 
imported into Britain as deals and planks and used for 
internal house fittings. It is not so much appreciated as 
Baltic timber, although the price is somewhat lower. 
Longleaf Pine {Pinus palustris) is the pitch pine of the 
English market and comes from the southern States of 
North America; it is shipped from Mobile, Pensacola, 
Gulf Port, and other places on the Gulf of Mexico. It is 
sometimes called Georgia yellow pine ; in the States P. 
rigida is often called pitch pine, but ivhere pitch pine is 
referred to in this book it is to be understood to mean long- 
leaf pine. 
This tree furnishes the hardest and most durable as well 
as one of the strongest pine timbers in the market, imported 
chiefly in square and hewn logs ; the former are preferable, 
having less sap, although the hewn can be had in longer 
lengths and larger scantling. It first came into the English 
market about forty years ago, since which time it has been 
the timber most largely used for heavy constructional works, 
