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A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



water used in the reduction of the leaves to fibre is used for 

 medicinal baths. 



The seeds of a number of species are an important article of 

 food, whilst the inner bark and sapwood have also been used for 

 food in times of scarcity by the North American Indians. 



The variable quality of the timber, not only of different species 

 but of the same species of pine, makes comparison of the economic 

 properties difficult, but for general purposes they may be grouped 

 as follows, taking the first-named species in each group as the 

 standard of quahty : 



Timber : Hard Pines. 



Grade A. 



Pinus palustris. 

 ,, caribcea. 

 „ canariensis. 



Grade B. 



Pinus sylvestris. 

 ,, resinosa. 

 „ Thunbergii. 

 ,, densiflora. 

 ,, Laricio. 



Grade C. 



Pinus mitis. 

 „ ponderosa. 



Grade D. 



Pinus Pinaster. 

 Pinea. 



Grade T> — continued. 



Pinus halepensis. 

 radiata. 

 muricaia. 

 Tceda. 

 glabra, 

 longifolia. 



contorta, var. Murray- 

 ana. 



Grade E. 



Pinus Banksiana. 

 „ contorta. 

 ,, virginiana. 

 ,, Coulteri. 

 Sabiniana. 



Grade A 



Pinus Strobus. 

 ,, monticola. 

 ,, Lambertiana. 

 koraiensis. 



Timber: Soft Pines. 



Grade B. 



Pinus Cembra. 

 ,, excelsa. 

 Peuke. 



Grade C. 



Pinus parviflora. 



,, flexilis. 



Pines from w^hich Turpentine and Rosin are obtained. 



Europe. India. 



Pinus Pinaster. Pinus longifolia. 



,, sylvestris. „ excelsa. 



,, Laricio. . ,, Merkusii 



,, halepensis. ,, Khasya, 



