CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 4I 



Subclass II. GYMNOSPERM^. 



Order 81. CONIFERJE. Pine Family. 



IPinuS, Tourn. Pine. 



P. Strobus, L. (White Pine.) Very common; the most valuable species. 

 P. rigida, Miller. (Pitch Pine.) Sandy soil; more common farther south. 

 P. resinosa, Ait. (Red or Norway Pine.) Sparingly found throughout 



our limits. " It is not a native of Europe, but was named from the town 



of Norway in Maine." Robert Douglass. 

 P. SYLVESTRis, L. (Scotch Pine. Scotch Fir.) Already spontaneous in 



Hanover. 



Picea, Link. Spruce. 



P. nigra, Link. (Abies nigra, Poir.)— (Black Spruce.) Swamps and cold 

 mountain woods ; common. 



var. rubra, Engelm. With the above, "cones larger, bright red-brown." 

 Better timber than the type, and called by some lumbermen " Yellow 

 Spruce." 

 P. alba, Link. (Abies alba, Michx.)— (White Spruce.) Newport, N. H., 

 Dr. Graves; Windsor, Vt., Leland ; Killington Mt., Vt., Z?e'«.y/^7t/ ; and 

 more or less throughout our limits. 

 Tsuga, Carriere. Hemlock. 



T. Canadensis, Carr. (Abies Canadensis, Michx.)— (Hemlock.) Common. 



Abies, Link. Fir. 



A. balsamea. Miller. (Balsam Fir.) Damp woods and mountain swamps; 

 common. 



Ijarix, Tourn. Larch. 



L. Americana, Michx. (American Larch. Tamarack. Hackmatack.) Cold 



swamps ; common. 

 L. EUROP.EA, L. (European Larch.) Widely planted, and in Hanover 



spreading freely. 



Thuya, Tourn. Arbor Yitae. 



T. occidentalls, L. Commonly called White Cedar. Common in swamps 

 and on river-banks. 

 Juniperus, L. Juniper. 



J. communis, L. (Common Juniper.) Claremont {Dr. Barro-ws), Han- 

 over, Orford, Enfield, Sutton, etc., N. H. ; Pomfret, Orange, Williams- 

 town, Vt. ; etc. 



J. Virginiana, L. (Red Cedar.) Hanover, N. H. ; Fairlee, Vt, F. O. 

 Grover ; and in many places in the district, but not common. 

 Taxus, Tourn. Yew. 



T. Canadensis, Willd. (T. baccata, var. Canadensis, Willd.)— (Ground 

 Hemlock.) Common. 

 [Among evergreens in cultivation will be found : — PiNUS Austriaca 



(Austrian Pine), Picea excelsa (Norway Spruce), Abies pectinata 



(European Silver Fir), etc.] 



