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(28.) P. rigida, Mill. " Pitch Pine." 



This is one of the second-class Pines of the United States according to 

 Prof. B. E. Fernow. 



It is not in the Sydney Bo'anic Gardens. It should be well tested in the 

 colder districts. 



(29.) P. Sabiniana, Douglas. " Digger or Bull Pine " of the United States; 

 "Nut Pine" (England). Sargent, tt. 569-70. 



A medium-sized tree, inhabiting the foot-hills of California, both of the coast range 

 and of the Sierra Nevada, almost throughout the entire length of the State from north 

 to south, ascending in places on the latter to 4,000 feet above the level of the sea, but 

 usually much lower. It is so unlike any other Pine in habit and aspect, that even amidst 

 the luxuriant coniferous vegetation of California, it forms a distinct feature of the land- 

 scape, appearing in the distance more like an Olive tree or a Willow than a Pine. Its 

 loose and widely-branched habit, and its thin, grey, pendulous foliage tufted at the ends 

 of its crooked, straggling branches, render the tree so pervious to light that it affords no 

 shade, but, at the same time, clothes it with pale colouring so distinct that in the 

 distance this Pine can be eastlv recognised amidst the darker surroundings. ( Veitch's 

 Manual, p. 376. ) 



It yields a poor timber, but its large seeds are much esteemed as an article 

 of food by the Indians. 



We have many localities in which this remarkable species may be expected 

 to flourish. 



We had it in the Sydney Botanic Gardens for a number of years, and 

 was rather a thin-foliaged plant with us. At the same time it should be 

 further experimented with. 



(30.) /'. sinenxis, Lamb. 



Has never done well in the Sydney Botanic Gardens. It evidently 

 requires a cooler climate and better soil than is available h re. 

 L 17 a (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(31.) P. strobus, L. "White Pine" of the United States. 



See a valuable p.iper by Prof. B. E. Fernow in the " Year-book of 

 Agriculture" (U.S. A.) for 1897, p. 645, where this tree is recommended as 

 being one of the very best timber Pines in the United States. 



See also Forest Planting Leaflet, U.S. Dept. Agric., Forest Service, 

 Circular 67. 



Not at presenb in the Sydney Botanic Gardens. Not a handsome spec : es 

 for the Sydney district, l>ut should be well tried in the coldest localities. 



(32.) P. sylwtri*, L. 



The name "Scots Pine " has attached itself to this Pine. 



Figured and described in Bentley and Trimen's Me-licinal Plants. 



The Scots Pine has a greater geographical distribution than any other Pine, or even of 

 any other species included in the Abietinere. With tho exception of the southern 

 portion of the Balkan peninsula, it is spread over the whole of Europe, including the 

 British Islands, and in Asia it occurs throughout nearly the whole of that part of the 

 continent comprised within the Ptussian dominions. (VeitcWs Manual, p. 380.) 



See also Forest Planting Leaflet, U.S. Dept. Agric., Forest Service, 

 Circular 68 



It is a very valuable Pine for shelter, and also for the multifarious uses to 

 which its timber is put. 



