278 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



shipbuilding, and piles ; but chiefly for flooring, for which it is 

 preferable to White Pine, with which it grows, it being in fact 

 a hard Pine, resembling resinous examples of Scots Fir. 



Pine, Canadian Yellow. See Pine, White. 



Pine, Carolina. See Pine, Short-leaf. 



Pine, Cedar. See Pine, Lowland Spruce. 



Pine, Celery-topped (Phyllodddus rhomboiddlis Kich. : Order 

 Taxinece ; = Podocdrpus asplenifdliaiisibi 11 . ) Tasmania. Known also as 

 " Adventure Bay Pine." Height up to 60 ft., usually too slender 

 to be useful. Even-grained and easily worked. Occasionally used 

 for spars. 



Pine, Cembra (P- Cdmbra L.). From Kamtschatka to the 

 Urals, Carpathians and Alps. Known also as " Swiss Stone Pine." 

 French "Cembrot, Tinier." Germ. " Zirbelkiefer, Zirbe, Arve." 

 tfwwss " Alvier, Arolla." Height 60 70 or 90 ft. Sapwood broad, 

 yellowish-white ; heart, when dry, white or yellowish-brown, light, 

 soft, fine-grained, easily split, shrinking little, susceptible of a fine 

 polish, fragrant and obnoxious to insects ; annual rings regularly 

 circular; narrow autumn wood scarcely distinguishable ; resin-ducts 

 numerous and very large ; pith-rays with one row of smooth-walled 

 tracheids above and below, with small bordered pits, and generally 

 three rows of parenchyma in the middle, with large simple pits. 

 A soft pine, in request for wainscotting, carved work, lining 

 clothes' chests, turnery, etc. 



Pine, Chile (Araucdria imbricdta Pavon : Order Araucarinece) 

 Southern Chile. Known also as "Monkey Puzzle." Germ. 

 " Chilitanne, Schmucktanne." Height 70100 ft. ; diam. 57 ft. 

 at base. Wood in English grown specimens cross-grained and not 

 seemingly of value ; but in Chile yellowish, beautifully veined, and 

 susceptible of a fine polish. Used in Chile for masts. 



Pine, Cluster (P. Pinaster Sol. = P. maritima Lam.) Mediter- 

 ranean region ; naturalized in South Africa, Northern India, Aus- 

 tralia, etc. French "Pin de Bordeaux, Pin maritime, Pin des 

 Landes." Germ. " Sternkiefer, Strandkiefer." Height 5060 ft. 

 Eeddish, soft, coarse-grained, not durable. Used only for coarse 

 carpentry, packing-cases and fuel ; but of great value as a source 



