240 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Pinus Massouiana, Lambert. (P. Sinensis, Lamb.) 



China and Japan. The most common of all trees in Japan, 

 called there the " Matz.'' It attains a stem diameter of 6 

 feet, a height of 100 feet, and an age of several centuries. It 

 prefers sandy soil. Splendid for avenues (Rein) . It supplies 

 a resinous, tough, and durable wood, used for buildings and 

 furniture. The roots, when burned with the oil of Brassica 

 Orientalis, furnish the Chinese Lampblack. 



Pinus Menziesii, Douglas. 



North-West America. The Blue Spruce of California, also 

 called Tideland Spruce, ascending to elevations of 9,000 feet, 

 of rapid growth in congenial soil. A very handsome tree, 

 which grows to a great height, and furnishes a valuable pale 

 and fine-grained timber; used largely for piles (Dr. Gibbons). 

 It thrives best in moist ground. According to Professor Brewer, 

 instances are on record of trees having attained a height of 

 over 300 feet, and a stem 7 feet in diameter at 1 00 feet from 

 the base. Prom an exceptionally large tree 100,000 shingles 

 were obtained, besides 58 cords of wood. 



Pinus Mertensiana, Bongard. 



Californian Hemlock Spruce. North- West America. The 

 wood is white, tough, and very soft, but is often used for 

 building. The tree is from 100 to 150 feet high, with a stem 

 of 4 to 6 feet in diameter. 



Pinus mitis, Michaux. 



Yellow Pine of North America. In dry sandy soil, attaining 

 a height of 60 feet. Wood durable, fine-grained, moderately 

 resinous, valuable for flooring, cabinet-work and ship-building. 

 According to Dr. Vasey it commands a higher price even 

 than that of P. Strobus. 



Pinus monophylla, Torrey. [P. eduUs, Engelmann.) ' 



Stone or Nut Pine of California, on the Sierra Nevada and 

 Cascade Mountains, 6,500 feet. It thrives best on dry lime- 

 stone soil. The seeds are edible, of an almond-like taste, and 

 consumed in quantity by the natives. Height of tree gene- 

 rally about 35 feet, but occasionally as much as 80 feet; stem 

 not of great thickness. Not of quick growth. 



Pinus montana, Du Roi. (P. Pumilio, Htenke.) 



On the Alps and Carpathians up to the highest points, cover- 

 ing large tracts, and thriving on the poorest soil. The tree. 



