188 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. TF. [Mar. 2, 1908. 



ItsliiMild IliMirivh ill i he cnliN-r ]i;ifts of New Sjiitli Wales ; t lie ni'dinarv 

 Scots Pine friiin iii n't Im'Mi l*jir(i|ic dors not tli mri'-li in the coast districts. 



(:;;5.) I\ ■/■»/,(, L. - J...l)l.dly i'iu.'.' "Old Field Pine." 



Figured and describefl in Bentley and I'linien's Medicinal f Innls. 



Pinus Tiiild is one i>f the iiiost wiilclx' ilisiiihutL'd of tlie I'ines inliiiliitiiiii the Atlantic 

 States of North Ainefioa. It spreads from Delaware southwards to Floi-ida, and 

 through tlie (Julf States Icj Texas. Kxce])t in tlie noithei-n portion of its range where 

 it prefers tlic low lands adjacent to the Atlantic coast» it takes the ])Ia(e of the southern 

 Pitch Pine, /'. /xihisfrix, inland spreading westwards through South Carolina and 

 Georgia to the Mississip|)i River. \Vest of tlie great river, the area covered by it is less 

 extensive, but in western [..ouisiaiia and eastern 'I'exas it forms ('onsiderable foi'ests, and 

 in Arkansas and tlie Indian Territory it is the most important tiniljer tree of the country. 

 (Vcilclvs MdiiKii/, p. .'{S-J). 



This is one of the species growing in a warm chniate, and it sltould do 

 well in our coastal districts. Tn the south-eastern I'nited States it is a rapid 

 grower, but it does not seeui to \ield a \aluable tindier, and Professor B. E. 

 Fernow says it is one of" the nio-,t \aluable Pines of that country. 



jVIr. Robert Garrett grows it well at Chatsworth Island. 



LIT (8y(hiev P>otanic Garfleiis). 



(.34.) P. teniiif(ili<i. I'.enth. 



Guatemala. A lian<lsonie longlea\(Ml I'ine, with tine needles, as its name 

 denotes. Tt is certainly a valuable addition to the jilants of the Sydney 

 district. r nfortiniateh' the to]) was i)lowii oil' the specimen in the Sydney 

 Botanic Gardens, but it is so full of promise that it is hoped that it may be 

 more widely grown. 



L7 (S\-duev I lot an ie < Ian lens). 



(35.) F. tiihcrcKld'd, (iordou. ' Knob-cone I'ine." Sargent, tt. oJ.j-G. 

 A medium-sized tree. 



Pinif< t Ill/err uia/'i inhabits the dry southern and western slopes, fully exposed to the 

 sun, of the mountain ranges, which under various names, extend from south-west 

 Oreg<ni, its nortliern limit to tlie San Beriiaidino mountains in Soitth California. In 

 some places it forms pure forests of considerable extent ; in others it is more scattered 

 and mixed with other trees; its vertical langc; is from l,()U()to r),0O(» feet above sea - 

 level. Tiie wood is soft, luittle, and eioss-grained, and Ijut little used. . . . 



I'hiiix tnli'-rciihUd is singular among pines in bearing cones when only a few feet high, 

 and which remain on the tree for thirty to forty years, often becoming embedded in 

 the bark, and not opening till tlie tree dies from local causes, or is destroyed by a 

 forest lire. /'. tiihc-rrnlaln also has tlie peculiarity of jiroducing its cones on the main 

 trunk as well as on the branches, giving it a singular appearance, as they are arranged 

 around the stem in almost a circle, usually five though often seven cones composing the 

 circle. ( Vvilfli'^ Mmmn/, page 887.) 



This tree will Hourish in manv parts of New South Wales, and is an 

 interesting species, if it possesses no other mt>rits. 



We have had it in the Svdiiev l'>otanii' (hardens, where it <lid not ihi'ive, 

 out steps are beiiiL;' taken to ol)tain fui'ther sp(>eimens. 



(To he conlinncd.) 



