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stern in spring ; these fill during the summer, supplying from half 

 to three-quarters of a pint of turpentine. In Piedmont, where they 

 tap the tree in different spots, and let the liquid continually run. 

 it is said, that from seven to eight pints may be obtained in a year ; 

 but the wood suffers through this operation. The larch is grown 

 in Norway to lat. 66 5' ; in 63 26 ' a tree still attained a height of 

 over 70 feet [Professor Schuebeler]. P. L. var Rossica, the Russian 

 Larch, grows principally on the Altai -Mountains, from 2,500 to 

 5,500 feet above sea-level. The species would be important for 

 uplands, particularly alpine country, even for peatbogs. 



Finus leiophylla, Schiede and Deppe. 



At elevations of from 7,000 to 11,000 feet on the mountains of 

 Mexico. A pine to as much as 90 feet high. A very resinous 

 species, according to Mr. Hugo Finck. The wood is excessively 

 hard. 



Finus leptolepis, Endlicher. 



The Karamatsou or Japan-Larch. In Japan, between 35 and 

 48 north-latitude, up to an elevation of 9,000 feet. Never a very 

 tall tree, still occasionally rising to 100 feet, with a stem-diameter 

 to 4 feet. Thrives best in a cool dry climate. The timber is heavy 

 and durable, pale-yellowish with reddish-brown centre, used for 

 ship- and house-building as well as for utensils, but especially 

 sought for underground-work [Prof. Luerssen]. 



Pinus longifolia, Koxburgh.* 



Emodi-Pine or Cheer-Pine. On the Himalayan mountains, from 

 2,000 to 9,000 feet. A handsome tree, with a branchless stem for 

 50 feet, the whole tree attaining a maximum-height of somewhat 

 over 100 feet, the girth of the stem 12 feet. Does not like much 

 shade. Growth in height at Port Phillip about 40 feet in 20 years. 

 The wood is resinous, and the red variety useful for building ; it 

 yields a quantity of tar and turpentine. The branches are used for 

 torches by the rural population of its native country [Dr. BrandisJ. 

 The tree stands exposure and heat well. The Honorable W. I. Winter 

 found it endures an occasional shade-temperature of 118 F. 



Pinus BXassoniana, Lambert. 



Chiua. A good-sized pine, with widely spreading ramifications. 

 The wood is durable, and, when well-seasoned, is much employed 

 as material for tea-boxes. The tree endures the winter-cold of 

 Southern Norway [Schuebeler]. Prof. C. Koch regards P. Sinensis 

 (Lambert) as a distinct species. 



Pinus DXerkusii, Junghuhn. 



Burmah, Borneo, Sumatra and Philippine Islands, there with P. 

 insularis, chiefly at elevations of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. A tall 



