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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 



BULLETIN 



OF 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 



No. 6] 



[1915 



XXIII.— CONIFEROUS TIMBERS. 



Tiiii EuKopEAN PI^-Es; their Commercial Importaicce a:sd 



one of 

 not all 



THEIR Relatioxship to British Forestry. 



AY. Dallimoi^e. 



Nine sjiecies of the geims Fiiius are natives of Europe, 



them being found wild in the British Isles. They_ ore .. 



confined to Eiu'ope, hoAvcver, for several occur also in Asia, the 

 cold-resisting kinds extending into Siberia, whilst some of the 

 southern species are found in Asia Minor. P. canaviensis, from 

 the Canary Islands, may also be included in the group, for so 

 far as geographical affinities are concerned, it can be dealt with 

 more appropriately here than ^vith either the Asiatic or American 



species. 



The .species are : 



P. JJnttia, Tenore. P. montana. Miller. 



P. canariemis, C. Smith. P. Peuke, Grisebach. 



P. Cemhra, Linnaeus. P. Pinaster, Solander. 



P. halepensis, Miller. P- Pinea, Linnaeus. 



P. Larlcio, Poiret. P. sylvestrh, Linnaeus. 



They vary a good deal in habit, and also in their ecouoinic 

 importance. Some grow into large trees 100-150 feet high, whilst 

 others are medium-sized trees or even shrubs, and, although some 

 species are included amongst the most important conilerous 

 timber trees, little more than local value is attached to otlier 

 hinds. Similar remarks are applicable to their use in forestry, 

 for although three or four species are planted extensively either 

 ill the British Isles or on the Continent, the usefulness of others is 

 confined to certain positions where local conditions demand par- 

 ticular species, 



P. Brutia, Tenoie.-P. pyrenaica, Laj^eyr., P. hahpcnsis var. 

 Brutla, Calabrian Pine, Pin Mazaron and Pm Pinceau._ 



Tliis is found wild in south-eastern Europe and in Asia Minor 

 especially on the Taurus and Lebanon Mountains In genual 

 appearance it is very like P. halepensis, but differs m the 

 direction taken by the cones; in P. Brutia they point forwards. 



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