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be advantageous to make use of green wood, or purposely to strip the 
trees of their bark ; and perhaps in this way supplies might be obtained 
equivalent to the demands of commerce. 
Great benefit would result from stripping the Pines of a certain diameter 
of their bark ; they would pass completely into the resinous state in fifteen 
months, and would be proper for posts and many other uses which require 
strong and lasting wood. This experiment, which I should have tried 
when I was last in South Carolina if the season had not been too far 
advanced, should be made in April or the beginning of May, while the 
sap is in active circulation, and the liber or inner bark should be exactly 
removed. 
I cannot conclude this protracted article without expressing a wish that 
the Long-leaved Pine should be introduced upon the wastes near Bordeaux ; 
the soil and climate are perfectly congenial to it, and it would succeed 
better than in the more northern departments. It would be a valuable 
addition to our domestic resources, for its wood is superior to that of any 
Pine of North America, and, as I have proved by Comparison, to that of 
the Bordeaux and Riga Pines. The Red and Yellow Pines, also, are 
shown to be superior to these European species, by samples which I 
brought from America. 
The figure of the Long-leaved Pine, in Sir A. B. Lambert’s work, is 
correct in the leaves and fruit, but defective in the male flowers. TTi s 
description is wholly inconsistent with my own observations. The Latin 
phrase begins thus : u Pinus palustris , arbor, mediocris, in paludosis, etc. 
The wood is of a reddish white color, soft, light, and very sparingly 
impregnated with resin. It soon decays, burns badly, and is so little 
esteemed that it is not used while any other species of wood can be 
procured.” 
PLATE CXLI. 
Fig. 1, A leaf. Fig. 2, A bud. Fig. 3, A seed. 
