AS TIMBER TREES IN GREAT BRITAIN. 59 



three pines respectively in Great Britain, we are inclined to assign 

 the first rank as a valuable and useful wood of high quality to A. 

 Douglasii, as it will to all appearances prove generally suitable for 

 nearly every economic purpose ; next may he ranked P. Laricio, 

 as a very useful wood also, hut coarser in texture and of less 

 quality than the Douglas fir ; and to the third place we assign P. 

 austriaca, which should rather plant as an effective " massing " 

 tree for park or drive decorative purposes, or for dense cover 

 for background effect in ornamental planting. The timber is more 

 adapted for common local country uses, than for sale as a wood for 

 either useful or decorative household purposes. 



