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miliar in the AVhite Mountains, and in New York. Among the most distinctive, abundant and valuable species are the Pines, Oaks, Hickories, Cypress and Juniper.
Pines are the predominant growth of the eastern section. There are eight species in the State, the most important being the Longleqf, (Pinus australis,) the Yellow, (Pinus mitis,) and the White, (Pinus strobus). The longleaf pine, is found only in the eastern or sea coast region ; the yellow pine abounds throughout the State ; the white pine is limited to the higher mountain regions.
The Longleaf Pine is the predominant growth of the eastern section of the State, and occupies almost exclusively a a broad belt, quite across the State, and extending from near the coast more than a hundred miles into the interior, covering a territory of near 15,000 square miles. This is one of the most valuable of all trees, on account of the number and importance of the uses it subserves. It is shipped in. the form of lumber for civil and naval architecture to all-, parts of the world, and is unequalled for these purposes, on account of its strength and durability. It furnishes the naval stores of commerce, known in all parts of the world ; the forests of this State furnishing twice as much as all the other States together. From the rosin of this tree is made the rosin-oil of commerce, and this substance also supplies- the Southern towns with gas.
The Yellow Pine furnishes an important building timbeiv in all parts of the State.
The White Pine is confined to the spurs and plateaus ofi the mountain region, being found in great abundance in some counties, and of great size, 3 feet and more in diameter, and 100 to 150 feet high.
The other species are less widely distributed anu less valuable, exeept the Pinus tseda, which, in the eastern section,, sometimes attains a great size, and furnishes an excellent building and ship timber.
The Oaks rank with the pines in value, and excel them.