See quotation 1827.
1775. Their natural produce is a stately tree called loblolly bay.—B. Romans, ‘Florida,’ p. 32.
1816. Live-oak has very little [gallic acid], in proportion to the black-oak (quercus tinctoria) or the black jack (quercus nigra) yet the first will last for half a century, and the two last not a tenth of that time. The loblolly-bay (gordonia) abounds with the gallic acid, so much so, that the bark is thought better than that of oak for tanning.—Analectic Mag., vii. 218 (Phila.).
1826. The [Florida] swamps, as every where in this country, are occupied by the cypress, and loblolly pine.—T. Flint, ‘Recollections,’ p. 318.
1827. Pine, loblolly. Pinus tæda—a large tree, in valleys, has much sap.—John L. Williams, ‘View of West Florida,’ p. 39 (Phila.).
