214 FOREST CULTURE AND 
White Pine. Most frequent on the western slopes of 
the Rocky Mountains, intermixed with other trees ; 
one hundred and fifty feet high; stem three to five 
feet in diameter; the wood is white and soft; the 
clustered heavy cones attain a length of one foot; 
the seeds are edible. Proves in dry localities of Vic- 
toria to be of quick growth. 
Pinus serotina, Michx.— Pond Pine. Southern 
States of North America, in black morassy soil, prin- 
cipally near the sea-coast ; it is fifty feet high, stem 
eighteen inches in diameter ; the wood is soft. 
Pinus Silvestris, L.—Scotch Fir, Foehre. Middle 
and Northern Europe, up to seventy degrees N. lat., 
and North Asia, thriving best in sandy soil. A very 
valuable tree, fully one hundred feet high, growing 
to the age of about one hundred and twenty years. 
The Red Baltic, Norway, or Riga deals are obtained 
from this pine, as well as a large portion of the Eu- 
ropean pine tar. Proves well adapted even for the 
drier parts of Victoria. 
Pinus Sibirica, Turcz. (P. Pichta, Fisch).—Sibe- 
rian Pitch Fir. On the Altai Mountains; it reaches 
a height of fifty feet. 
Pinus Strobus, L.—Weymouth Pine or American 
White Pine. N. E. America, growing on any soil, 
but preferring swampy ground; it is found one hun- 
dred and sixty feet high, with a stem of four to six 
feet in diameter; the wood is soft, white, light, free 
of knots, almost without resin, easy to work, and much 
esteemed for masts; it yields American turpentine 
and gallipot. 
Pinus Teda, L.—Frankincense or Loblolly Pine. 
Florida and Virginia, in sandy soil, attaining a height 
