. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 298 The World's Commercial Products. iio« iif tlu- ll'ti/ Auilruiijit .\i:i'}uy " CKIH " IN THE BLSII and Stockhiilm, and are very suitable for internal work. Inferior qualities are known as spruee deals. Whiti: I'iNi:. Tlu- Whiti' I'ine {I'iiiits s/fobiis) has been for years the nio.^t important timber tree of Northern Ameriea.
. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 298 The World's Commercial Products. iio« iif tlu- ll'ti/ Auilruiijit .\i:i'}uy " CKIH " IN THE BLSII and Stockhiilm, and are very suitable for internal work. Inferior qualities are known as spruee deals. Whiti: I'iNi:. Tlu- Whiti' I'ine {I'iiiits s/fobiis) has been for years the nio.^t important timber tree of Northern Ameriea. It is wi'U known in (ireat Britain, wiiere it is freijuentK- grown under the name of Weymouth I'ine. The White I'ine oeeurs throui,'hout a broad belt stretchiut; across North .\nieriea in the latitude? of the (iri'at Lakes. Tiie destruction has naturally been verv K'''''i-t in a tree wliicii has been employed for endless purposes for the past two centuries, and careful attention to the maintenance of the supply for future generations is al)s<ilutely im])\e. White I'ine may 1k' taken as a ty|iical example of the '" soft pines," and as it is \-ery worked, has a line, ex'eu grain, and t:i\is a good surlai'e, it is yery extensieely used as a timber for internal carpentering :iiul joinery work, for ship masts, and for pattern-makiuL;. I'rrcii I'iNi:. Lom. Li;.\r Pine (L".\.). In the markets of Europe, the Indies, and other parts of the world to which this timber is ex])orted, "" pitch pine " is thi' recog- nised name, but in the Tnited , its n,iti\e country, another tree altogethei-, I'iiiiis ri^itlit, is known as I'itch I'ine, whilst " I-ong Leaf I'ine '" is a connnonlx' .iccr|)ted foi /'. pihiislris. I'itch I'ine is particularly adapted to heayy construction work. ,'.. for bridges, building' ; pports, railroad cars, railway sleepers, ! i im. The annual outi)ut is enormous,
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