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It should flourish in the colder parts of New South Wales ; the ordinary 

 Scots Pine from northern Europe does not flourish in the coast districts. 



(33.) P. Tada, L. "Loblolly Pine." "Old Field Pine." 

 Figured and described in Bentley and Trimen's Medicinal Plant*. 

 Pinas Twda is one of the most widely distributed of the Pines inhabiting the Atlantic 

 States of North America. It spreads from Delaware southwards to Florida, and 

 through the Gulf States to Texas. Except in the northern portion of its range where 

 it prefers the low lands adjacent to the Atlantic c- ast, it takes the place of the southern 

 I 'itch Pine, P. palnstrin, inland spreading westwards through South Carolina and 

 Georgia to the Mississippi River. West of the great river, the area covered by it is less 

 extensive, but in western Louisiana and eastern Tex^s it forms considerable forests, and 

 in Arkansas and the Indian Territory it is the most important timber tree of the country. 

 ( JW/cA'.s Manual, p. 382). 



This is one of the species growing in a warm climate, and it should do 

 well in our coastal districts. In the south-eastern United States it is a rapid 

 grower, but it does not seem to yield a valuable timber, and Professor B E. 

 Fer.,o\v says it is one of the most valuable Pines of that country. 



Mr. Robert Garrett grows it well at Chatsworth Island. 

 LIT (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(34.) P. tenuifohn, Bt-nth. 



Guatemala. A handsome long-leaved Pine, v\ ith fine needles, as its name 

 denotes. It is certainly a valuable**addition to the plants of the Sydney 

 district. Unfortunately the top was blown off the specimen in the Sydney 

 Botanic Gardens, but it is so full of promise that it is hoped that it may be 

 more widely grown. 



L 7 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(35.) P. fubercnlafa, Gordon. ' Knob-cone Pine." Sargent, tt. 575-6. 



A medium-sized tree. 



Pinux ttibernilati inhabits the dry southern and western slopes, fully exposed to the 

 sun, of the mountain ranges, which under various names, extend from south-west 

 Oregon, its northern limit to the San Bernardino mountains in South California In 

 some places it forms pure forests of considerable extent ; in others it is more scattered 

 and mixed with other trees ; its vertical range is from 1,000 to 5,000 feet above sea- 

 level. The wood is soft, brittle, and cross-grained, and but little used. . . . 



PiniiH tuberculata is singular among pines in bearing cones when only a few feet high, 

 and which remain on the tree for thirty to forty years, often becoming embedded in 

 the bark, and not opening till the tree dies from local causes, or is destroyed by a 

 forest fire. P. tuberculata also has the peculiarity of producing its cones on the main 

 trunk as well as on the branches, giving it a singular appearance, as they are arranged 

 around the stem in almost a circle, usually five though often seven cones composing the 

 circle. (Veitch'n Manual, page 387.) 



This tree will flourish in many parts of New South Wales, and is an 

 interesting species, if it possesses no other merits. 



We have had it in the Sydney Botanic Gardens, where it did not thrive, 

 but steps are being taken to obtain further specimens. 



