Vol. XIX. Part 3. MARCH 2, 1908. 



Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales. 



Forestry. 



Some Practical Notes on Forestry suitable eor New 



South Wales. 



[Continued from page 8.] 



J. H. MAIDEN, 



Government Botanist and ]J)irector of the Botanic Garden.?, Sydney. 



XVII — continued. 



Conifers. 



IX. 



(15.) P. JongifoJia,V\Ox\^. " Emodi Pine." Himalaya, India, 



A tall tree, remarkable for its beautiful, long, pendu'ous leaves. It does 

 fairly well in the 8ydney_ district, and .should be well tried in the coastal 

 districts and eastern slopes. 



L 17, 29, 35 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(16.) /-*. Massoniana, Lambert. 



China. Timber used for tea-boxes. This is a tree which does fairly well 

 in the Sydney district, and if it be given a fair chance, with fair soil there is 

 no doubt it will prove a useful Pine for New South Wales. 



L 7 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(17.) P. «i?V/s, Michx. (Syn. P. eclunnta, Miller.) "Short-leaved Pine." 

 "Soft-leaved Pine" (England), and "Yellow Pine" (Unite 1 States\ Sargent, 

 t. 587 (as P. esliinata. Miller). 



Native of the Eastern United States, where it is wddely diffused. It yields 

 a valuable timber, and has the merit of rapidly reaftbresting worn-out fields, 

 thus enabling a crop of timl:)er to be raised while tlie soil has an opportunity 

 of recovering its fertility. 



Professor B. E. Fernow, the eminent exponent of forestry in the United 

 States, speaks of this species as being one of the best pines of that country. 



Eor that reason it .should well be tried in this State. It has been tried in 

 Sydney and has not done well so far, but residents in the coldest districts 

 shouki experiment with it. 



L 15 b (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(18.) P. Montezumce, Lambert. 



The common Pine of the mountains and highlands of Mexico, between the 

 17th and 25th parallels of north latitude. It is a beautiful species, very 

 distinct, tender in Britain and Ireland, and may be expected to fioui'ish in 

 many parts of New South Wales. 



It is not in the Sydnej' Botanic Gardens at present. 

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