210 FOREST CULTURE AND 
(P. Grenvillee, Gord.).—Mexico. A handsome pine, 
eighty feet high ; wood white, soft, and resinous. 
Pinus monticola, Dougl.—California, at an eleva- 
tion of seven thousand feet. It thrives best in poor 
soil of granite formation, and attains the height of 
two hundred feet, with a stem of one and one half to 
four feet thick. The wood is white, close-grained. 
Pinus muricata, Don.—Bishop’s Pine. “California. 
Found up seven thousand five hundred feet. This 
pine grows to about forty feet. 
Pinus nigra, Ait.—Black Spruce. North-east Amer- 
ica. Occurring extensively between forty-four de- 
grees and fifty-three degrees N. latitude. This tree, 
which is termed Double Spruce by the Canadians, at- 
tains a height of seventy feet, and furnishes a light, 
elastic timber of white color, excellent for yards of 
ships. The young shoots are used for making spruce- 
beer, and the small roots serve as cords. It likes 
swampy forest land. 
Pinus nobilis, Dougl.—Noble White Fir. North- 
west coast of America, on the Columbia River and 
the mountains of north California, where it forms 
extensive forests at six to eight thousand feet. A 
majestic tree, one hundred and fifty to two hundred 
feet high, with regular, horizontal branches. It fur- 
nishes a valuable timber for building. 
Pinus orientalis, L.—Sapindus Fir. In Asia Mi- 
nor, at four thousand feet. The tree rises to about 
eighty feet, and resembles somewhat the Norway 
Spruce. The wood is exceedingly tough and durable. 
Pinus parviflora, Sieb.—In Japan. It only gets to 
be about twenty-five feet high ; but is much used as 
an avenue tree; wood for fine furniture and boat- 
building. ; 
