. The American forest : or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about the trees of America . of pine is also a native of theSouthern States, and is called the loblollypine. Uncle Philip, what does that word loblolly 232 CONVERSATIOxNS. mean, do you know, sir? It seems to belongto a great many kinds of trees; there are theloblolly oak, and the loblolly bay, and nowthe loblolly pine. I do not know, indeed, my dear, what itmeans; I suspect, however, that it is used tosignify common, for I observe that the trees towhich it is given are all very abundant andhardy, and grow in almost any
. The American forest : or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about the trees of America . of pine is also a native of theSouthern States, and is called the loblollypine. Uncle Philip, what does that word loblolly 232 CONVERSATIOxNS. mean, do you know, sir? It seems to belongto a great many kinds of trees; there are theloblolly oak, and the loblolly bay, and nowthe loblolly pine. I do not know, indeed, my dear, what itmeans; I suspect, however, that it is used tosignify common, for I observe that the trees towhich it is given are all very abundant andhardy, and grow in almost any kind of loblolly pine is quite common in Virginiaand the Carolinas, where it shoots up to theheight of eighty or ninety feet: the leaves arevery slender, light green, and grow in parties ofthree: the cones are long and slender, andrather handsome : the wood is bad, but it yieldsturpentine in abundance. It is used chieflyfor fuel, but sometimes for pumps, and inmaking wharves. This ends our talk aboutpines ; the next time you come to see me, Iwill tell you about the spruces and cedars. /. leaves, Cone, and Seeds of the Cypress, CONVERSATION IX. Xfncle Philip teaches his little Visiters how tomake Spruce-heer ; and goes on to tell themabout the different kinds of Spruce-trees^and the Cypress and Cedars ; after this hedescribes the Larch, or Hackm^atack, andthen brings his Conversations upon theTrees of America to a close. •^ Well, my dears ; you have been takinga long walk, I suspect: for you look hot andtired : come and sit down here in the shall have some milk : or, if you wouldlike it better, some spruce-beer. Oh yes, some spruce-beer, if you please,Uncle Philip; it tastes so cool and freshwhen one is hot and thirsty. Uncle Philip, youpromised to tell us about spruces; is spruce-beer made from any part of the spruce-trees 7 Yes, from the young branches of theblack spruce; there are four kinds of spruce 236 CONVERSATIONS ON THE that grow in America, and th
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