402 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



apt to take blight. Maximum rate of growth in Nebraska, accord- 

 ing to Governor Furnas (in Prof. MeehanV "Gardeners' Monthly"), 

 3 feet stem-circumference at 2 feet from the ground in 10 years. The 

 leaves of pines can be well converted into material for pillows and 

 mattresses, with the great recommendation of healthfulness for such 

 a purpose. All fir-forests are antimiasmatic and for hectic patients 

 salubrious, in consequence of the di-oxyde of hydrogen evolved 

 from their terebinthine emanations. The annual importation of tar 

 and resin from coniferse into Britain approached recently one million 

 sterling in value, of which P. silvestris must have contributed a 

 large share. Consult also on various coniferous trees London's 

 classic "Arboretum." 



Pinus Sitkensis, Bongard.* (P. Menziesii, Douglas; Picea Sitkensis, 

 Trautvetter. ) 



North-Western America, extending also to Kamtschatka, Amur 

 and Japan. Has grown in the south of New Zealand to 30 feet in 

 15 years [Th. Waugh]. Has there done best among the spruces. 

 The Blue Spruce of California, also called Tideland-Spruce, ascend- 

 ing to elevations of 9,000 feet ; of rapid growth in congenial soil. 

 A very handsome tree, which furnishes soft, light, pale and fine- 

 grained timber, used largely for piles [Dr. Gibbons]. It thrives 

 best in moist ground. According to Prof. Brewer, instances are on 

 record of trees having attained a height of over 300 feet, and a 

 stem of 7 feet in diameter at 100 feet from the base. From an 

 exceptionally large tree 100,000 shingles were obtained, besides 58 

 cords of wood. This tree has latterly been chosen among Pines from 

 abroad for the Prussian forests on a large scale. Schwappach 

 regards it as almost equal in value among American Pines planted in 

 Germany to P. Douglasii, but it is not quite so quick in growth ; fit 

 however also for peaty soil, where P. Douglasii refuses to grow 

 [C. Bolle]. 



PinUS Smithiana, Lambert. (P. Khutrow, Royle ; Abies Smithiana, 

 Forbes ; Picea Morinda, Link.) 



Himalaya-mountains, at elevations from 6,000 to 11,000 feet, 

 extending to Afghanistan and to China. This spruce, known 

 vernacularly also as Kutro- or Morinda- Spruce, attains a height of 

 150 feet, and the stem a girth of 21 feet. The wood is pale, even 

 and straight-grained, but only durable under shelter ; for inside- 

 work greatly in use. Hardy in Middle Europe. 



Pinus Strobus, Linne.* 



Weymouth-Pine or American White Pine. North-Eastern America, 

 growing on any soil, but particularly adapted for deep, rich ground 

 in mountain-valleys ; known to reach a height of 270 feet, with a 

 stem as much as 8 feet in diameter. It is the principal pine of the 

 lumber-trade of the Eastern States. One of the finest among 



