222 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
in the buildings of Union Town, Trinidad, and other towns on the 
Oregon coast, and largely imported into the San Francisco market. 
The timber of this tree (P. resinosa), though larger than that of the 
Douglas Pine, is not nearly so tough. The largest-sized Douglas Pine 
as yet introduced here, measured thirty-six feet in circumference. 
“No. 2. Pinus (Abies) grandis (Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 163). 
—A white timber, in its growth and properties very closely resembling 
our Silver Fir. . 
“No. 8, Pinus mitis”? (there is a Pinus mitis, Mich., P. variabilis, 
Pursh, in the United States, but it has not been recorded as found in 
North-west America).—‘A red wood, finer in the grain than the Scotch 
Fir, which the living tree a good deal resembles. 
** Varieties of Maples and other trees are common also. The valuable 
Hemp, Urtica cannabina (probably U. Canadensis, or some yet un- 
described species), grows wild in abundance in the woods. Good 
Grasses, and suited to the soil, are much wanted. Wild Peas (probably 
Lathyrus pisiformis ox L. decaphyllus, or both) are constantly met with, 
perhaps indicating that Vetches and other so-called artificial Grasses 
would thrive remarkably well here.” 
PLANTS OF NATAL. 
Our botanical friends will be glad to be informed, that a zealous 
naturalist and able collector, Mr. R. W. Plant, sailed a year and a half 
ago for Port Natal, with a view to make researches in the interior of 
that little-known country, and chiefly in relation to botany. He had the 
intention of visiting the Zooloo territory and the mountainous districts 
to the westward, and also the various settlements on the east coast 
~ of Africa, and. the Comoro Islands. Our valued friend Wm. Wilson 
. Saunders, Esq., has kindly supplied him with a map, and has indi- 
cated to him the routes likely to be the most productive in plants. 
Mr. Bentham bas undertaken to receive and name and distribute the 
collections after their arrival; and we need not tell our readers how 
much this will add to the value of the specimens. 
À small collection has arrived and is placed in Mr, Bentham's hands ; 
but whether there is a sufficient quantity to distribute at once, oF 
whether it may be desirable to wait for a further consignment, we have 
