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347. Pinus Strobus, Linuteus, 



Spec.led. 1001; Du Koi. Ilarbk. ii,57. Waagenhoiin, Amor, i, 1. 1, f. 1. Aiton, Hort. Kew. iii, 309; 2 ed. v, 318. Swartz, Gbs. 363. 

 Mcench, Meth. 384. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. il, 205. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, v, 341 ; 111. iii, 369, t. 780, f. 2. Lambert, Piuus, 1 cd. t. 

 22; 2ed. i, 27, t. 35; 3ed. i, 51, t. 32. Willileuow, Spec, iv, 501; Kuum. 93'J; BerlBamnz. 213. Persoon, Syn. ii, 579. Dcsfoutaines, Hist. 

 Arb. ii, 612. Micliaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. i, 104, 1. 10 ; N. Americau Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 120, 1. 145. Non veau Duharael, v, 249, t. 70.- Smith 

 in Kees' Cycl. xxviii, No. 17. Pursh,Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 644. Eaton, Manual, 110; 6 cd.265. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 223; Sylva, iii, 118; 



2 ed. ii, 176 (excl. syn. var. monticola). Hayne, Deud. H. 175. Elliott. Sk. ii,638. Spnngel, Syst. ii, 887. Tnrrey, Conipend. Fl. 

 N. States, 360 |VF1. N. York, ii,229. Richard, Conif. 60, 1. 12, f. 2. Audubon, Birds, t. 39. Beck, Bot. 339. Loudon, Arboretum, iv, 

 2280, f. 2193-2106. Forbes, Pinetum Woburu. 83. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 161. Eaton & Wriglit. Bot. 359. Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 



3 ed. 385. Antoine, Conif. 43, t. 20, f. 3. Lindley in Penn. Cycl. xvii, 173. Link in Linuaja, xv, 514. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 394. 

 De Charabray, Trait. Arb. Res. Couif. 262. t. 4, 5, f. 8. Emer.sou, Trees Massachusetts, 60; 2 ed. i, 73 & t. Endlicher, Syn. 

 Conif. 147. Gihoul, Arb. Resin. 35, t. 5. Knight, Syn. Conif. 34. Lindley & Gordon in Jour. Hort. Soc. London, v, 915. Carrifere, 

 Trait. Couif. 302 ; 2 ed. 398. Buckley in Am. Jotir. Sci.2 ser. xiii, 398. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 cd. 290. Darby, Bot. S. States, 

 515. Gordon, Pinetum, 239; 2 ed. 322. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1853,257. Fescali,For8t.Pfi. 56, 1. 11, f. 7-13. Chapman, Fl. 

 S. States, 434. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 25. Wood, CI. Book, 660 ; Bot. & Fl. 312. Porcher, Resources 

 S. Forests, 505. Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 92. Nelson, Pinacea;, 130. Hoopes, Evergreens, 136, f. 19. Gray, Manual N. 

 States, 5 ed. 470. Parlatoro in De CandoUe, Prodr. xvi-, 405. Schuizlein, Icon. t. 77, f. 10. Koch, Dendrologie, ii^, 319. Vasey, Cat. 

 Forest Trees, 32. Macoun in Geological Rep. Canada, 1875-'76, 211. Sears in Bull. Essex Inst, xiii, 187. Voitch, Manual Conif. 

 183. Bell in Geological Rep. Canada, 1879-'80. 49'^. 



P. Strobus, var. alba, var. hrevifolia, var. compressa, Loudon, Arboretum, iv, 2280. Lindley & Gordon in Jour. 

 Hort. Soc. London, v, 215. 



P. Strobus, var. nivea, Hort. 



WHITE PINE. WEYMOUTH PINE. 



Newfoundland, northern shores of the gulf of Saint Lawrence to lake Nipigon and the valley of the Winnipeg 

 river, south through the northern states to Pennsylvania, the southern shores of lake Michigan, " Starving rock," 

 near La Salle, Illinois, near Davenport, Iowa (Parry), and along the Alleghany mountains to northern Georgia. 



A large tree of the first economic value, 24 to 52 meters in height, with a trunk 1.20 to 3.50 meters in diameter; 

 sandy loam upon drift formations, forming extensive forests, or in the region of the great lakes often in small 

 bodies scattered through the hard-wood forests, here reaching its greatest development ; north of latitude 47 

 N. and south of Pennsylvania, central Michigan, and Minnesota much smaller, less common and valuable. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very close, straight-grained, compact, easily worked, susceptible of a beautiful 

 polish; bands of small summer cells thin, not conspicuous, resin passages small, not numerous nor conspicuous; 

 medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, light brown, often slightly tinged with red, the sap-wood nearly white ; 

 specific gravity, 0.3854; ash, 0.19; more largely manufactured into lumber, shingles, laths, etc., than that of any 

 other North American tree ; the common and most valuable building material of the northern states ; largely used in 

 cabinet-making, for interior finish, and in the manufacture of matches, woodenware, and for many domestic purposes. 



Conifcrin, a glucoside principle, has been discovered in the cambium layer of this and several other species of 

 Goniferce [Jour, fur Prakt. Cliem. xcvii, 243. Am. Jour. Pharm. 1867, 261. U. S. Dispensatory, 14 ed. 901). 



348. Pinus monticola, Douglas; 



Lambert, Pinus, 1 ed. iii, 27, t. 35. Loudou, Arboretum, i v, 2291, f. 2208, 2209.- Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. 81, t. 31. Antoine, Conif. 40, t. 

 18, f. 3. Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 394. Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 148. Lindley & Gordou in Jour. Hort. Soc. London, v, 215. 

 Carrifere, Trait. Conif 305; 2 ed. 401. Gordou, Pinetum, 233; 2 ed. 314. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858,262; Pacific R. R. Rep. 

 xii',27; Am. Nat. iii, 410. Lyall in Jour. Linnroan Soc. vii, 141. Henkel & Hochstetter, Nadelholz. 94. Nelson, PinaceiB, 120. 

 Hoopes, Evergreens, 135. Bolander in Proc. California Acad, iii, 318. Parlatore in De Candollc, Prodr. xvi=, 405. Gray in Proc. 

 Am. Acad, vii, 402. Fowler in Loudon Gard. Chronicle, 1872, 1071. Koch, Dendrologie, ii', 322. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 32. 

 Macoun in Geological Rep. Canada, 1875-'76, 211. Hall in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, ii, 91.- Engelraann in Bot. California, ii, 123. G. 

 M.Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix, 328. Veitch, Manaal Conif. 181, f. 41.- Lawson, Pinetum Brit, i, 69, f. 1-6. 



P. Strobus, var. monticola, Nuttall, Sylva, iii, 118; 2cd.ii,170. 



P. Orozelieri, Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1869, 126. 



P. porphyrocarpa, Lawson, Pinetum Brit, i, 83, f. 1-8. 



AVHITE PINE. 



Vancuovc'r's island. Coast and Gold ranges of southern British Columbia, through the Coeur d'Alene and Bitter 

 Boot mountains of Idaho to the valley of the Flathead river, northern Montana [Canhy <& Sargent), south along 

 the Cascade mountains of Washington territory and Oregon and the California sierrsis t<> Calaveras county. 



A large tree, 30 to 46 meters in height, with a trunk 0.90 to 1.50 meter in diameter; r.i.ist common and reaching 

 its greatest development in the Pend d'Orcille and Clark's Fork regions of Idaho, lierc a valuable and important 

 timber tree; in British Columbia generally below 3,000 feet, and in California between 7,000 and 10,000 feet 

 elevation; not common. 



