River Country of Georgia 
diameter, with leaves ten to fifteen inches long, 
in dense radiant masses at the ends of the naked 
branches. The wood is strong, hard, and very 
resinous. It makes excellent ship spars, bridge 
timbers, and flooring. Much of it is shipped to 
the West India Islands, New York, and Gal- 
veston. 
The seedlings, five or six years old, are very 
striking objects to one from the North, con- 
sisting, as they do, of the straight, leafless 
stem, surmounted by a crown of deep green 
leaves, arching and spreading like a palm. 
Children fancy that they resemble brooms, and 
use them as such in their picnic play-houses. 
Pinus palustris is most abundant in Georgia 
and Florida. 
The sandy soil here is sparingly seamed with 
rolled quartz pebbles and clay. Denudation, go- 
ing on slowly, allows the thorough removal of 
these clay seams, leaving only the sand. Not- 
withstanding the sandiness of the soil, much of 
the surface of the country is covered with stand- 
ing water, which is easily accounted for by the 
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