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which had been in the ground twelve years, quite sound. This pine 

 has proved well adapted even for rather dry localities in Victoria, but 

 is there slow of growth. 



Pinus Pseudo-Strobus, Lindley. 



Mexico, up to 10,000 feet. This pine is superior in appearance to 

 any other Mexican pine; height to about 80 feet. 



Pinus pungens, Michaux. 



South-Eastern States of North- America. Although seldom over 50 

 feet high, this pine has the recommendation of being of remarkably 

 quick growth, especially in early life. 



Pinus Pyrenaica, Lapeyrouse. (P. Brutia, Tenore.) 



In the countries at the Mediterranean Sea, ascending to 5,000 feet. 

 A pine, of quick growth, to 80 feet in height; the wood is pale and 

 dry, almost free from resin, and of considerable value. The tree 

 commences to bear fruits in about a dozen years already. 



Pinus radiata, D. Don.* (P. insignis, Douglas.) 



California. A splendid dark -green pine, fully to 100 feet high, 

 with a straight stem, occasionally 8 feet in diameter. It is the 

 quickest growing of all pines, a seedling one year old being strong 

 enough for final transplantation; it has been noticed to grow fully 5 

 feet annually in light' soil near Melbourne. Mr. J. Dickinson found 

 it to attain a height of 70 feet with a stem -girth of 5 feet in 13 years 

 at Port Phillip. According to Mr. W. J. Winter it will endure 

 unhurt exceptional exposure to 118 F. in the shade. In the United 

 Kingdom it suffers greatly from the attacks of the Pine-Beetle, 

 Hylurgus piniperda (Lawson). The wood is tough, and is sought for 

 boat-building and various utensils. This tree can be utilized for 

 obtaining tar and pitch. It bears exposure to the sea at the very edge 

 of the coast. Produces fruit-cones only at somewhat advanced age. 

 Mr. J. Kruse, on the author's suggestion, subjected the foliage to 

 distillation, obtaining oil in 0*01 quantity, of 0'845 specific gravity, 

 of 293 F. boiling-point, and a pleasant odor reminding of Geneva- 

 gin. 



Pinus reflexa, Engelmann. 



California. Allied to P. flexilis, belonging to the Strobus section, 

 but with large inappendiculated nutlets. 



Pinus religiosa, Humboldt. 



Oyamel-Fir. Mexico, from 4,000 to 11,500 feet above the sea-level, 

 thus reaching the limits of arboreous vegetation. A magnificent tree 

 with somewhat silvery leaves, growing to a height of 150 feet, stem 

 reaching 6 feet in diameter. The wood is particularly well fitted for 

 shingles and laths. This species endures the winters of Middle 

 Europe. 



