238 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



PinilS Hudsonica, Poiret. (P, Banksiana, Lamb.) 



Grey Pine. North America, up to 64 north latitude. Height 

 of tree 40 feet; in the cold north only a shrub. The wood 

 is light, tough, and easily worked. 



Pinus Jezoensis, Antoine and Endlicher. 



Japan. A large tree, with light, soft, smooth timber, used 

 principally for household utensils. 



Pinus Kaempferi, Lambert. 



Chinese Larch ; also called Golden Pine. China. This is the 

 handsomest of all the Larches. It is of quick growth and 

 attains a height of 150 feet. The leaves, which are of a vivid 

 green during spring and summer, turn to a golden yellow in 

 autumn. The wood is very hard and durable. 



Pinus Koraiensis, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



China and Japan. A handsome tree, 30 to 40 feet high, 

 producing edible seeds. 



Pinus Lambertiana, Douglas.* 



Shake-Giant or Sugar-Pine. North-west coast of America, 

 mostly in great altitudes. A lofty tree, of rapid growth, 

 upwards of 300 feet high, with a straight naked stem of from 

 20 to 60 feet in circumference. It thrives best in sandy 

 soil, and produces a soft, white, straight-grained wood, which 

 for inside work is esteemed above any other Pine in California, 

 and furnished in large quantities; it is especially used for 

 shingles, flooring, and for finishing purposes by joiners and 

 carpenters. The tree yields an abundance of remarkably clear 

 and pure resin, of sweet taste, used instead of sugar by the 

 natives. The cones are 18 inches long ; the seeds are 

 edible and used as food by the natives. Would come best to 

 perfection in the humid regions of our higher mountains. 

 The timber serves also for flooring. 



Pinus Laricio, Poiret.* 



Corsican Pine. South Europe. It attains a height of 120 

 feet. A splendid shelter tree in the coldest regions. It will 

 succeed on stiff clay as well as on sandy soil, even on sea-sand. 

 The wood is white, towards the centre dark, very resinous, 

 coarse-grained, elastic and durable, and much esteemed for 

 building, especially for water- works ; valuable for its perma- 

 nency underground. There are three main varieties of this 

 Pine, viz. : P. L. Poiretiana, in Italy; P. L. Aiistriaca, in 



