398 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



destruction consists in replacing the pines by otlier perhaps more 

 fashionable but less sanitary trees. Under the shelter of a wooden 

 palisade near high-water mark on coast-sands the seeds of the Cluster- 

 Pine are sown along with those of the Lyme, Marram, Furze and 

 Broom-plant, the ground thus sown being covered with brush-wood, 

 to prevent the sand from moving. In France, north of the Loire, 

 the P. Pinaster is not reared, as there it will no longer yield a rich 

 supply of turpentine [Colonel Bailey, in " Indian Forester " XIII., 

 450]. 



Firms Pinceana, Gordon. 



Mexico, up to 9,000 feet above the sea-level. A very remarkable 

 pine, frequently to 60 feet high, having drooping branches like the 

 Weeping Willow. Most desirable for cemeteries. 



Pinus Pindrow, Royle. 



Himalayan Mountains, 7,000 to 12,000 feet above the sea-level. 

 A fine, straight-stemmed fir, becoming 190 feet high ; cones purple. 

 Considered by Stewart and Brandis a variety of P. Webbiana. 



Pinus Pinea, Linn4.* 



Stone-Pine. Countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea ; 

 extends to the Canary-Islands. Height of tree 80 feet ; top rather 

 flat. The wood is whitish, light, but full of resin, and much used 

 for furniture, naval architecture and general building purposes. The 

 seeds are edible, but of a resinous though not disagreeable taste ; 

 they should be left in the cones until they are about to be used, as 

 otherwise they speedily become rancid, unless they are kept in a very 

 cool place, when they will retain their power of germination for 

 some few years ; they only ripen in their third year. This pine 

 grows as easily and almost as quickly as the Cluster-Pine. The bark 

 contains much tan-principle. 



PinUS Pinsapo, Boissier. (Abies Pinsapo, Boissier.) 



Spanish Fir. Spain and North-Africa, at from 3,000 to 6,000 feet 

 elevation. A tree to 70 feet high, with branches from the ground. 

 The timber is similar to that of the Silver-Fir and resinous. Thrives 

 best on calcareous soil [Dr. Masters]. Proved the quickest growing 

 of European Firs in Tasmania [F. Abbott]. A closely cognate 

 tree is the Algerian Fir, P. Numidica (Lannoy), which occurs 

 intermixed with the Atlas-Cedar at elevations from 4,000-6,000 

 feet. 



Pinus polita, Antoine. (Picea polita, Carri6re.) 



Japan and Kurile-Islands. A tall superb spruce, forming large 

 forests on the mountain-ranges [A. Murray]. Resists severe frost. 

 Allied to P. Smithiana. Wood much like that of P. Alcockiana. 



