184 piisus ; Oil 



more elevated. Seeds, small, with the wing three-quarters of 

 an inch long. 



A large tree, growing seventy or eighty feet high, and two 

 feet in diameter, in dry, sandy soil, with very distant whorls of 

 branches, resembling the Corsican Pine. 



It is found occupying small tracts near the Lake of St. John, 

 in Canada, and not extending further south than Wilksborough, 

 in Pennsylvania ; is very scarce in all the country south of the 

 River Hudson, but is abundant in Nova Scotia, on dry, sandy 

 soil, and along the banks of the Genessee, in the State of New 

 York. 



Timber, fine-grained, red, full of resin, and highly esteemed 

 in Canada for its strength and durability. 



No. 20. PiNus sYLVESTRis, X., the Scotch Fir. 



Syn. Pinus sylvestris vulgaris, Clusius. 



„ „ „ Genevensis, Bauhin. 



„ „ „ Rigensis, Fischer. 



,, „ „ Haguenensis, Loudon. 



„ „ „ uncinata, Don. 



„ „ „ scariosa, Loddiges. 



„ „ „ squamosa, Bosc. 



Leaves, in pairs, rigid, from one inch and a half to two inches 

 andahalf in length, somewhat waved and twisted; slightly concave 

 on the upper, and convex on the under surface, of a light bluish- 

 green or greyish colour ; finely serrulated on the edges, sheaths 

 jagged and slightly ringed. Cones, from two to three inches 

 long, and from one to one inch and a quarter broad at the base. 

 Scales, from one to one inch and a quarter long, terminating 

 in an irregular four-sided, projecting point, often recurved. 

 Seeds, with the wing from one to one inch and a quarter long ; 

 seed-leaves, from five to seven in number. 



A tall tree, from sixty to 100 feet high, found in various parts 

 of Europe, ripening its cones in November, or in about eighteen 

 mouths from the time of flowering, which is in March. It 

 occurs frequently in Italy, on the Southern slope of the Alps, 



