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in this respect somewhat resembHng P. strohus. It is 
suitable for doors and sashes and takes paint well. 
A large number of tests shows that loblolly is only 
6 per cent, weaker than longleaf pine in compression 
parallel to grain, and 7 per cent, stronger in bending 
tests, whilst it is of equal strength in compression across 
the grain and shearing with grahi. Its weak point is the 
great quantity of sap it contains, which makes it of much 
less value as a constructional timber unless artificially 
treated, but if creosoted it should be nearly equal to longleaf 
(pitch) pine. 
Weight about 33 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Cuban Pine {P. hctciophylla) resembles the longleaf, but 
often has wider sap aiid coarser grain, does not enter the 
markets to any extent as yet, and is stronger than longleaf 
in compression parallel to grain and as a beam, and equal 
to it in shearing strength. It is found along the coast 
from Carolina to Louisiana. 
P. rigida, which goes by the name of pitch pine in its 
native district, is a small or medium-sized tree which does 
not come much into the foreign markets ; grows along the 
coast from New York to Georgia. 
All these southern pines go by the name of " yellow pine " 
in the American markets. Longleaf is considered best ; 
then follow, in order of importance, shortleaf, loblolly, 
Cuban, and pitch pine (P. tceda) ; they form more than 
one-fourth of the whole timber cut in the United States, 
and amounted in 1905 to 730,000,000 cubic feet. Nearly 
half came from the States bordering the Great Mississippi, 
which forms an excellent outlet for the timber. There is 
little doubt that several of these southern pines are 
imported into Great Britain under the name of pitch pine, 
it may be as yet only in small quantity, but this would 
