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for rearing on slopes of higher mountains, as it suffers from any 

 drought. The wood serves in the trade as coarse lumber. The 

 glaucous branchlets of aromatic fragrance with thinner and 

 greyish leaves, the greater size of the fruit-cones with thin and 

 recurved spines to the scales, the larger nutlets and more numerous 

 cotyledons separate this pine from P. ponderosa [Engelmann, 

 Sargent, Perry]. 



Pinus Jezoensis, Antoine. 



Amur and Japan. This spruce is closely allied to the N.W- 

 American P. Sitchensis. Picea Ajanensis (Fischer) is identical. 

 For synonyms see Dr. Masters' essay in the Journal of the Linnean 

 Society 1881. 



Pinus Kaempferi, Lambert. 



Chinese Larch, also called Grolden Pine. North-Eastern China. 

 This is the handsomest of all the larches ; it forms a transit to the 

 cedars. Resists severe frost. 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 XLasya, Koyle. 



Kasya and also Burmah, from 2,000 to 7,000 feet. Closely 

 related to P. longifolia. Attains a height of 200 feet. Wood very 

 resinous, somewhat fibrous, rather close-grained, pale-brown with 

 darker waving [Kurz.] The resin an article of commerce [Sir 

 Jos. Hooker]. 



Pinus KLoraiensis, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



Kamtschatka, China and Japan. A handsome pine, often to 40 

 feet high, produciug edible seeds. 



Pinus Lambertiana, Douglas.* 



Shake-, Giant- or Sugar-Pine. British Columbia and California, 

 mostly at great altitudes. A lofty tree, of rapid growth, upwards 

 of 300 feet high, with a straight stem attaining 60 feet in circum- 

 ference. It holds in most places preeminence in beauty and size 

 over accompanying pines, and reaches an age of 600 years [Dr. 

 Vasey]. It thrives best in sandy soil, and produces a soft, pale, 

 straight-grained wood, which for inside work is esteemed above 

 any other pine-wood in California, and obtained 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, which from trees partially burnt 



