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swamps, with almost equal facility. In the latter situations 

 they are, however, comparatively destitute of resin, but the 

 stems often rise to 80 feet in elevation. 



The foregoing are the finest and most important species 

 of the north. The Red Pine (Pinus rubra) and the Grey 

 Pine are species of small or secondary size, chiefly indige- 

 nous to British America. The Jersey Pine (P. inops) is a 

 dwarfish species, often called the Scrub Pine, which seldom 

 grows more than 25 feet high. 



There are some splendid species that are confined to 

 the southern states, where they grow in great luxuriance. 

 Among the most interesting of these is the Long-leaved 

 Pine (P. Australis), a tree of 70 feet elevation, with superb 

 . wandlike foliage, borne in threes, often nearly a foot in 

 length. The cones are also seven or eight inches long, 

 containing a kernel or seed of agreeable flavor. As this 

 tree grows as far north as Norfolk in Virginia, we are 

 strongly inclined to believe that it might be naturalized in 

 the climate of the middle states, and think it would become 

 one of the most valuable additions to our catalogue of ever- 

 green trees. The Loblolly Pine (P. Tceda) of Virginia 

 has also fine foliage, six inches or more in length, and 

 grows to 80 feet in height. Besides these already named, 

 the southern states produce the Pond Pine (P Serotina), 

 which resembles considerably the Pitch Pine, with, how- 

 ever, longer leaves, and the Table Mountain Pine (P. Pun- 

 gens), which grows 40 or 50 feet high, and is found exclu- 

 sively upon that part of the Alleghany range". 



We must not forget in this enumeration of the Pines of 

 North America, the magnificent species of California and 

 the North- West coast. The most splendid of these was 

 discovered in Northern California, and named the Pinus 



