396 . Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



4. 



PillUS obovata, Antoine. (P. Schrenkiana, Antoine ; Picea obovata, Lede- 

 bour. ) 



North-Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Somewhat like the 

 Nor way- Spruce. Wood soft and pale, locally used for furniture and 

 household-implements, also for packing boxes of great durability 

 [Regel]. 



Pinus orientalis, Linn. (Picea orientalis, Carriere.) 



Sapindus-Spruce. Asia Minor, ascending to 6,600 feet, thus be- 

 coming alpine. Hardy in Christiania. The tree rises to about 80 

 feet, and somewhat resembles the Norway-Spruce. The wood is 

 exceedingly tough and durable. Some conifers ward off locusts. 



Pinus Parryana, Engelmann. (P. Llaveana, Torrey.) 



California. One of the pines with edible nuts. Allied to P. 

 monophylla. 



Pinus parviflora, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



The " Imekomatsou." Kuriles and Japan. A middle-sized pine 

 of longevity ; ascends to Alpine heights. Much used as an avenue- 

 tree. Wood valuable for furniture and boat-building. It is harder 

 than that of P. Thunbergi and P. densiflora [Dupont]. 



Pinus Pattoniana, McNab. 



California, restricted to elevations above 5,000 feet, advancing 

 thence to the glacier-region of 10,000 feet in a gradually dwarfed 

 state. This fir rises to a. maximum-height of 150 feet, the stem en- 

 larging sometimes at the base to a diameter of 13 feet [Jeffrey ; 

 Lemmon]. Staminal spikes lilac, copiously produced [Dr. M. T. 

 Masters]. Closely allied to P. Mertensiana. 



Pinus patula, Schiede and Deppe. 



Mexico, at elevations of from 6,000 to 12,000 feet. A graceful 

 pine, becoming 80 feet high. 



Pinus pendula, Solander. (P. microcarpa, Lambert ; Larix Americana, 

 Michaux.) 



Small-coned American Larch, Black Larch or Tamarack. From 

 Labrador and Canada to Virginia, delighting in swampy ground. A 

 pine of pyramidal growth, to 100 feet high. The timber is pale, 

 heavy, resinous, and as highly valued as that of the common larch ; 

 it is close-grained, well-adapted for underground-work ; it combines 

 lightness, strength and durability ; much sought by ship-builders ; 

 as for knees, bends and ship-garlands it cannot be surpassed [Robb] ; 

 much iu use also for railway-ties. Kate of circumferential stem- 

 growth in Nebraska two feet in ten years [Furnas]. P. laricina [Du 

 Koi] is by far the oldest name for this larch, as pointed out by Prof 

 C. Koch. 



