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 PiNUs poNDEROSA, Dowjlas, the Heavy-wooded Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Nootkatensis, Manetti. 

 This Pine is called " Tappa" (white wood) by the Indians, 

 and the " Bull Pine" by the settlers on the N.W. coast of Ame- 

 rica and along the Columbia River, on account of its coarse- 

 grained timber. 



The heart wood of old trees scarcely floats in water. 



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 Pinus t^da, Linnceus, the Torch or Loblolly Pine. 

 The word " tseda," properly speaking, signifies torches in 

 general, for which the timber of this species is well suited and 

 much used in the Southern States of the Union, where it is 

 called the " Frankincense Pine" and " Oldfield Pine" by the 

 inhabitants ; for when any piece of clear land is neglected for 

 any length of time, it is speedily covered with this kind. Hence 

 the name of " Oldfield Pine." 



Section III. QUINiE, or those kinds having five leaves in 



each sheath. 



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 Pinus Cembra, Linnceus, the Swiss Stone Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Aphernousli, Loudon. 

 This is the "Aphernousli" Pine of the Tyrolese, the " Aralla" 

 of Savoy, and the " Arth" of Northern Italy and the Bernese 

 Oberland mountaineers. The Hussian *' Kedrovoi" has pro- 

 bably been misapplied to this tree j as the Cedar is nowhere 

 indigenous to Russia, and, consequently, could not have an 

 original Sclavonic designation. 



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