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down to the ground with branches. It is said to afford excellent 

 timber, which is very tough, and admirably adapted for boat- 

 building : it is also well adapted for planting near the sea coast. 

 The leaves are of a dark green, and very slender. 



P. macrocarpa. — The leaves of this species are from ten to 

 fourteen inches long. The trees are of tapering form and regidar 

 growth, attaining a height of 150 feet ; the timber is good. The 

 cones are furnished with hooks three or four inches in length, 

 and very strong. The leaves are of a beautiful glaucous hue. 



Pinus Sabiniana. — Is very like P. macrocarpa, but the cones 

 are not hooked ; they are prickly, hence the names of Prickly- 

 coned Pine and great hooked Pine. Both are from California. 



P. Montezumae, a very handsome tall tree, with rather long 

 leaves and large cones. The timber is said to be good : it grows 

 to sixty feet high. It is from Mexico, near Ajusca. 



Pinus macrophylla, remarkable for its very long leaves, 

 which are nearly twenty inches long ; the timber is good, but 

 the plant is rather rare yet. It is a native of Mexico, on the 

 Ocotilla. 



Pinus Orenvillea. — This Pine is also remarkable for its long- 

 leaves and large cones, which are sometimes sixteen inches long. 

 The natives call it " Ocote macho, or the Male Pine," on account 

 of its robust habit of growth and noble appearance. It grows 

 from 80 to 100 feet high ; the timber is said to be good. 

 It grows on the Terra de San Juan (or Saddle Mountain), in 

 Mexico. 



P. cembra, a beautiful pine. It grows rapidly, with a straight 

 trunk, and smooth bark. The wood is soft, but has very fine 

 grain, and it is very much used by the shepherds of Switzerland 

 and the Tyrol for carving those curious little figures of men and 

 animals which are known all over Europe. The seeds produce 

 oil abundantly, and the shells of the kernels yield a fine red 

 colour. 



Pinus excelsa. — This is an Indian pine, which the natives call 

 ihe King of the Fir Tribe. It grows to 100 feet high, and is 

 remarkable for its drooping branches, from which peculiarity it 

 has been called by travellers in the Himalayas the " Weeping 

 Pine." It yields a great quantity of turpentine, and its 

 timber is excellent. There are very fine trees of this species in 

 England. 



Gedrus deodara. — Is found on the Himalayas, at an elevation 

 of from 7,000 to 12,000 feet. It is decidedly the most orna- 

 mental coniferous tree ever introduced, and, from its great 

 beauty, rapid growth, perfect hardiness, and valuable timber, it 



