5S& MONOFXIA MONADELPHIA. 



1 he Wild P.ne, or Scotch Firr. An^lis. 



An Giuthas, Gaulis 



This i5 the only ijiecics of pine which grows wild 

 in Sccibjid. It is found fcattered in many places 

 viir.oiigft the highland mountains, but large na- 

 tural forells of it are ktn of many miles extent 

 al out hrjcrcat'Jd and Brae-mnr^ in Jberdeen- 

 Jhirc^ in Slrath Jpey, going from Badenoch to 

 bivcrncfs^ on the fide of hoch-Arkeg^ in Loch- 

 tiha\ and l.cch-Rannocl\ in Athol. Others are 

 tound about Loch-Loyn, Gkn-Morijtcn^ and 

 Strath Glas^ in Jnvernefs-fljjre, and fome at Coy- 

 gacb, in Strathnavern^ Dirry-Monacb, in iiuther- 

 If.nd^ and near Loch-mari, in Rojsfhire. To 

 which we n.ay add thofe of Abernethy and i\c- 

 /^j mtircha^ belonging to the family of Grants 

 Gien-mcre the Duke of Gordon's, and Glcn-Taner^ 

 t'^.e property of Lord Ahoyne. See Pennant's 

 Tour and Voyage. T? ■ V, 



Ft vv trees have been apply'd to more ufcs than 

 this. The tailed and ftraighteft are form'd by 

 nature for malts to our navy. 1 he timber is 

 refinous, durable, and applicable to numbcriefs 

 domellic purpoics, fuch as Mooring and wainfcot- 

 ing of rooms, making of beds, chefls, tables, 

 boxes, &c. From, the trunk and branches of 

 this, as vvell as mofr others ot the pine tribe, 

 tar and pitch is obtained. By incifion, barras. 

 Burgundy pitch, and turpentine, are acquired 

 iuid prepared. The rcfinous roots are dug cut 



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