BICLIN'A CONIFERS. PlnUS. 641 



Icon. Lamlert. I. c. 



In Nova Scotia and about Hudson's Bay. T^^ . May. v. s. 



• Th:s species of Spruce Fir is nearly related to the pre- 

 ceding. It is, as yet, a very scarce tree in the gar- 

 dens. 

 , P. foliis solitariis tetragonis incurvis, strobilis subcylin- alia. 



dricis laxis, squamis obovatis integerriaiis. Lamberl. 

 monogr. /).' 39. t. 'iQ. 



P. \z\z^ Ehyh. heilr. 3. p. 24. 



P. canadensis. Dii Roi harik. 2. t. 124. 



Icon. Lavilert. I.e. Mich. art. 1. t. 12, IVangh. a- 

 mcr. 5. t. 1. /. 2. 



In simi'ar situations with P. nigra. T; . May. v. v. 

 Tlie fVhile Spruce is of lower growth than the Black 

 spruce, its \\ ood not so good as tljat, and its branches 

 unfit lor makir.g spruce beer. 



** Foliis pluribus, last vaginatis. Pinus. 



, P. foliis brevibus geminis, strobilis recurvis oblongo-co- mops, 



nicis longitudine foliorum, aculeis squamarura subu- 

 latis rectis. — Lcnn! eri.vionogr. p. 18. t. 13. 



P. virginiana. Du Roi harhk. 2. p. 35. 



Icon. Lambert. I. c. Mich. arb. 1.^4. 



In dry barren soil : New Jersey to Carolina. Tj . May. 

 V. V. The Jersey Pine, Pitch or Scrub Pine, is of 

 rniddle size, straggling growth, anJ full of resin. Its 

 branches are tougher than any other pine I know, and 

 might be used for several useful purposes if its wood 

 was not so apt to an early decay. A. B. Lambert, Esq, 

 in his magnificent Tvionograph on this interesting 

 and useful genus, made similar observations, which 

 the younger Michaux in his Aibres forestiers, p. 60. has 

 taken up as a point of criticism. On this subject 

 Mr. Lambert favoured me with his observations re- 

 specting this and some other remarks made by Mr. 

 Michaux, u'hich [ think proper here to insert ; it is 

 in the following words : " The criticisms made by 

 JVIr. Michaux on my ' Description of the genus Pinus' 

 are so inaccurate, that I did not think them worth my 

 notice before, nor should I now, were it not to pre- 

 vent Mr. Pursh from being misled by them, though I 

 believe he is already M'ell aware of their fallacy ; I shall 

 therefore beg of him to insert a few observations 

 on the different subjects to which they respectively 

 belong, if they meet with his approbation and con- 



