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exposed to the weather, will decay within a year, but that when 

 stripped and covered with soil it is very durable. Dr. Kellogg saw 

 logs which had been in the ground twelve years quite sound. Has 

 proved well adapted even for rather dry localities, in Victoria. 



Pinus Pseudo-Strobus, Lindley. 



In Mexico. This tree is superior in appearance to any other 

 Mexican Pine ; height 80 feet. 



Pinus pungens, Michaux. 



Eastern States of North America. Although seldom over 50 feet 

 high, this Pine has the recommendation of being of remarkably 

 quick growth. 



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



In the south of Spain and on the Pyrenees. A fine ornamental tree 

 of quick growth, 80 feet high ; the wood is pale and dry, free of 

 resin, and of considerable value. 



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



California. A splendid Pine, fully 100 feet high, with a straight 

 stem, occasionally to 8 feet in diameter. It is of remarkably rapid 

 growth, a seedling one year old being strong enough for final trans- 

 plantation ; it has been noticed to grow fully 5 feet in a year, in 

 light soil near Melbourne. Mr. Dickinson found it to attain at 

 Port Phillip a height of 70 feet with a girth of 5 feet in 13 years. 

 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 pini- 

 perda (Lawson). The wood is tough, and is much 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. 



Pinus religiosa, Humboldt. 



Oyamel Fir. Mexico, 4,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea-level. A 

 magnificent tree with silvery leaves, growing 100 feet high; stem 

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

 and lathes. It endures the middle European winter. 



Pinus resinosa, Solander. 



Red Pine. North America, principally Canada and Nova Scotia, 

 extending to Pennsylvania. It attains a height of 150 feet and 2 

 feet in diameter. It is of rapid growth, and on account of the red- 

 barked stem very ornamental (Sargent) ; delights in sandy soil ; 

 the wood is hard, fine-grained, heavy, and durable, very resinous, 

 and is used for ship-building and structures of various kinds. The 

 tree will succeed in sandy soil. 



