The Northwest Lumberman says: "Yellow pine, hard finished in oil, is the rival in beauty of any wood that grows, not excepting the costliest hardwoods. It is susceptible of receiving and maintaining as high a degree of polish as any wood with which we are familiar, and as to durability, when thoroughly impregnated with oil, it may be said to be almost everlasting. In such a condition it is impervious to even hot grease and other substances that leave an ineffaceable stain upon white pine, maple, and various other woods. Flooring for use under carpets should be largely sap, and when exposed either for inside or outside use, should be as near all heart as possible. For inside trimming, wainscoting or panel work, the curly variety, which, by the way, can only be obtained in limited quantities, and ought to bring from $60 to $80 per thousand in any market, instead of only half that sum - is, in the writer's estimation at least, superior to either cherry or bird's eye maple."

Unfortunately " yellow pine" is given to so many kinds of pine, we should be glad to know what species receives this name in the Northwest.