352 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



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. Yasey, for general purposes ; 

 while Prof. Brewer asserts, that it is employed for boards, boxes, 

 cooperage, and even much sought for shipbuilding, but it seems fit 

 only for inside work ; it is of pleasant scent. Rate of upward 

 growth in favourable places about 2J feet in a year. Hardy in 

 England [Hemsley]. P. subalpina (Engelmann) is closely cognate. 



Finns Griffith!!, Parlatore. (Larix Griffith, J. Hooker and Thompson.) 



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. 

 Ledebourii (Endlicher) is the Siberian Larch. 



Finns XZalepensis, 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 to 5 feet in diameter. The timber of young trees is pale, of 

 older trees dark-colored ; it is principally esteemed for ship-build- 

 ing, but also used for furniture. The tree yields a peculiar kind 

 of turpentine, as well as a valuable tar. Although ascending 

 mountains in South-Europe to the height of 4,000 feet, it thrives 

 best in sandy coast-lands, where in ten years it will measure 25 

 feet, and finally will become a larger tree than on firmer lands. 

 M. Boitel has published a special work on the importance of this 

 pine for converting poor sand-land into productive areas, referring 

 also to P. silvestris and P. Laricio for the same purpose. According 

 to Mr. W. Irvine Winter it will resist an occasional heat of 118 F. 

 in the shade. We find the Aleppo-Fir one of the best of evergreen 

 avenue-trees in Victoria, as first proved by the writer. It is con- 

 tent with the poorest and driest localities, and also here compara- 

 tively rapid in growth. Does also particularly well on limestone 

 soil, its roots penetrating far into the crevices of the rocks [Dr. 

 Henry Bennett]. 



Fisnn Hartweg-ii, Lindlej. 



Mexico, 9,000 to 14,000 feet above sea-level. A pine, reaching 

 150 feet in height, with a very durable wood of a reddish color ; it 

 yields a large quantity of resin. 



Finns Hookeriana, McNab. (Abies Hookeriana, Murray.) 



California, at 5,000 to 6,000 feet elevation. A fir, allied to P. 

 Pattoniana, but distinct [Dr. McNab]. Height of tree to about 

 300 feet. Stem perfectly straight. Wood hard, of a reddish 'color, 

 with handsome streaks. Not a resinous tree. Hardy in Middle 

 Europe. 



