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trasted with that of the foregoing sort, which is white. The 
leaves of this species are long and flexible, arranged in pairs 
npon the branches, and have a fine dark green colour. 
The cones are very small, scarcely measuring an inch and 
a half in length, and are clothed on the exterior with short 
spines. The growth is quite slow. 
The Yellow Pine is rarely found above Albany to the 
northward, but it extends as far south as the Floridas. It 
grows in the greatest abundance in New-Jersey, Maryland, 
and Virginia, and sometimes measures five or six feet in cir- 
cumference. In plantations, it has the valuable property to 
recommend it, of growing on the very poorest lands. 
The Pitch Pine, (P. rigida,) is a very distinct sort, com- 
mon in the whole of the United States east of the Allegha- 
nies. It is very stiff and formal in its growth when young, 
but as it approaches maturity, it becomes one of the most 
picturesque trees of the genus. The branches, which shoot 
out horizontally, bend downwards at the extremities, and 
the top of the tree when old, takes a flattened shape. The 
whole air and expression of the tree is wild and romantic, 
and is harmonious with portions of scenery when these 
characters predominate. The leaves are collected in threes, 
and the colour of the foliage is a dark green. The cones 
are pyramidal, from one to three inches long, and armed 
with short spines. 
The bark of this kind of Pine is remarkably rough, black, 
and furrowed even upon young trees : and the wood is filled 
with resinous sap, from which pitch and tar are copiously 
supplied. The trees grow in various parts of the country, 
both on the most meagre soils and in moist swamps, with 
almost equal facility. In the latter situations they are, how- 
ever, comparatively destitute of resin, but the stems often 
rise to 80 feet in elevation. 
