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FIFTY COMMON FOREST TREES OF EASTERN KORTH AMERICA White Pine, or Weymouth Pine {Pinus Strobus) A noble evergreen tree, up to 175 feet high. The lumber- man's prize. Its leaves are in bunches of 5, and are 3 to 5 inches long; cones 4 to 8 inches long. Wood pale, soft, straight- grained, easily split. Warps and diecks less than any other of our timbers. A cubic foot weighs 24 lbs. (a cubic foot of water weighs 63 lbs.). Miimesota and Manitoba to Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania. Red Pine, Canadian Pine, or Norway Pine (JPinus resinosa) Everjgreen; somewhat less than the White Pine, with leaves 4 to 6 inches long, in bunches of 2, comes 15 to 25 inches long. Wood darker, harder, and heavier. A cubic foot weighs 31. lbs. Range as above. Long-leaved Pine, Georgia Pine, Southern Pine, Yellow Pine, or Hard Pine {Pinus palustris) A fine tree, up to 100 feet high; evergreen; found in great forests in the Southern states; it supplies much of our lumber now; and most of our turpentine, tar, and rosin. Wood strong and hard, a cubic foot weighs 44 lbs. Its leaves are 10 to x6 267