274 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Pinus Fortune!, Parlatore. (Abies Jezoensis, Lindley.) 



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

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



Pinus Fraseri, Pursh. 



Double Balsam-Fir. On high mountains of Carolina and Pennsyl- 

 vania. This tree, which grows to a height of about 20 feet only, 

 yields with P. balsamea the well-known Canada-balsam. The tree is 

 hardy at Christiania still. 



Pinus Gerardiana, Wallich. 



Nepal Nut-Pine. In the north-eastern parts of the Himalayas at 

 an elevation of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, extending to Afghanistan. 

 With P. Deodara, P. excelsa, P. Webbiana, P. Smithiana and Juni- 

 perus excelsa reaching the highest regions of pine-forests in Southern 

 Asia. The tree attains a height of 60 feet, with a comparatively short 

 stem, exceptionally 10 feet in girth, and produces very sweet edible 

 seeds, also turpentine. Hoopes refers to it as remarkable for the 

 copiousness of its resin. In reference to the nut-seeds the proverb 

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



Pinus g-labra, Walter. 



From Carolina to the Mississippi. Allied to P. mitis. It attains, 

 according to Prof. C. Mohr. a height of about 80 feet. Dr. Porcher 

 compares the wood to that of P. Strobus. 



Pinus grandis, Douglas. 



From California to British Columbia. , Great Silver-Fir, also 

 known as the Yellow-Fir. A splendid quick-growing fir, to 200 

 feet high and upAvards, growing best in moist valleys of high ranges. 

 The stem occasionally attains a diameter of 7 feet at 130 feet from 

 the ground, and of 6 feet at 200; concentric wood-growth of stem as 

 much as 1 inch in a year; height reached by the tree in Wales 75 

 feet in 33 years (A. D. Webster). Trees occur of 15 feet stem- 

 diameter and 320 feet high. The wood is pale and soft, too light 

 and brittle, according to Dr. Vasey, for general purposes; while Prof. 

 Brewer asserts, that it is employed for boards, boxes, cooperage, and 

 even much sought for ship-building, but it seems fit only for inside 

 work; it is of pleasant scent. Rate of upward growth in favorable 

 places about 2 feet in a year. Hardy in England (Hemsley). P. 

 subalpina (Englemann) is closely cognate. 



Pinus Griffith.!!, Parlatore. (Larix Griffithii, J. Hooker and Thomson.) 



The Himalayan Larch. Descends to 8,000 feet and ascends to 

 12,000 feet. Timber pale, soft, without distinct heartwood, one of the 

 most durable of all pine-timbers (Stewart and Brandis). P. Lede- 

 bourii (Endlicher) is the Siberian Larch. 



Pinus Halepensis, Miller. (P. maritima, Lambert.) 



Aleppo-Pine. South-Europe and North-Africa, South-Western 

 Asia. This well-known pine attains a height of 80 feet, with a stem 



