236 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Pinus excelsa, Wallich.* 



The Lofty or Bootan Pine. Himalaya, forming large forests, 

 at from 5,000 to 12 ; 500 feet elevation; also in Macedonia and 

 Montenegro. A fine tree, 150 feet high, furnishing a valu- 

 able, close-grained, resinous, soft and easily workable wood, 

 ranking among Himalayan Pine-woods for durability next to 

 Deodar timber (Stewart and Brandis). It also furnishes a 

 good quantity of turpentine. Under cultivation it shrinks 

 before a fierce summer sun (Beecher). 



Pinus firma, Antoine. 



North Japan, at 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the sea-level in 

 humid valleys. A lofty tree of the habit of the Silver Fir. 

 The timber is white, soft, and fine-grained, employed par- 

 ticularly by coopers and upholsterers. 



Pinus flexilis, James. 



The White Pine of the Rocky Mountains, also known as the 

 Bull Pine from New Mexico to British Columbia, ascending to 

 13,000 feet. Prefers the limestone formation. A valuable 

 Fir for cold regions. It attains a height of 150 feet, according 

 to Dr. Gibbons. J. Hoopes mentions that it is of slow growth. 

 Wood pale and compact, of fine texture. 



Pinus Fortunei, Parlatore. 



China, in the neighbourhood of Foo-Chow-Foo. A splendid 

 tree, 70 feet high, somewhat similar in habit to P. Cedrus. 



Pinus Fraseri, Pursh. 



Double Balsam Fir. On high mountains of Carolina and 

 Pennsylvania. This tree, which grows to a height of about 

 20 feet, yields with P. balsamea Canada balsam. 



Pinus Gerardiana, Wallich. 



Nepal Nut -Pine. In the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya 

 at an elevation of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, forming extensive 

 forests. The tree attains a height of 50 feet, with a compara- 

 tively short stem, and produces very sweet edible seeds, also 

 turpentine. Hoopes refers to it as remarkable for the copious- 

 ness of its resin. In reference to the nut-like seeds, the proverb 

 prevails at Kunawar, " One tree a man's life in winter/' 



Pinus glabra, Walter. 



Carolina. Allied to P. mitis. It attains, according to Chapman, 



