CHAPTER XXXIV. 
PINES—( Continued ). 
THE YELLOW PINE TREE (PitlUS Strobus). 
This tree occupies a very wide range in North America, 
and is found to spread from near the Saskatchewan 
River, in about 54 0 N., to the ridges of the Alleghany 
Mountains in Georgia, and from Nova Scotia to the 
Rocky Mountains. It is found in every part of New 
England, growing in every variety of soil, but flourishing 
best in a deep, moist, loamy sand. 
In England it is called by botanists the Weymouth 
Pine, in compliment to Lord Weymouth, who first intro¬ 
duced it into this country; but in America it is com¬ 
monly known as the White Pine, while the timber it 
yields is best known in commerce as the Yellow Pine. 
This tree may be distinguished by its leaves growing in 
tufts of five, by its very long cones composed of loosely- 
arranged scales, and, when young, by the smoothness 
and delicate light-green colour of the bark. The trees 
are of erect growth and noble dimensions, many of them 
being 100 to 150 feet in height, and from 9 to 12 feet in 
circumference. 
The wood is of a pale straw colour, soft, light (the 
specific gravity being only 435), and moderately strong. 
It has a clean, fine grain, works up with a smooth and 
