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Pinus Pyrenaica, Lapeyrouse. (P. BruUa, Tenvre.) 



In the south of Spain and on the Pyrenees. A fine ornamental 

 tree of quick growth^ 80 feet high; the wood is pale and 

 dry, free of resin, and of considerable value. 



Pinus radiata, Don.* (P. indgnis, Douglas.) 



California. A splendid Pine, fuUy 100 feet high, with a 

 straight stem, 2 to 4 feet in diameter. It is of remark- 

 ably rapid growth, a seedling one year old being strong 

 enough for llnal transplantation; it has been noticed to 

 grow fully 6 feet in a year, in light soil near Melbourne. 

 Mr. Dickinson found it to attain at Port Phillip a height 

 of 57 feet with a girth of 4^ feet in 11 years. According to 

 Mr.W. J. Winter it will endure unhurt exceptional exposure 

 to 118" F. in the shade. In the United Kingdom it sufEers 

 greatly from the attacks of the Pine Beetle, Hylurgus piniperda 

 (Lawson). The wood is tough, and is much sought for boat- 

 building and various utensils. This tree can be utilised for 

 obtaining tar and pitch. It bears exposure to the sea at the 

 very edge of the coast. 



Pinus religiosa, Humboldt. 



Oyamel Fir. Mexico, 4,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea-level. 

 A magnificent tree with silvery leaves, growing 100 feet high ; 

 stem 6 f eet'in diameter. The wood is particularly well fitted for 

 shingles and lathes. It endures the middle European winter. 



Pinus resinosa, Bolander. 



Red Pine. North America, principally Canada and Nova 

 Scotia, extending to Pennsylvania. It attains a height of 80 

 feet and 2 feet in diameter. It is of rapid growth, and on 

 account .of the red-barked stem very ornamental (Sargent); 

 delights in sandy soil ; the wood is red, fine-grained, heavy and 

 durable, very resinous, and is used for ship-building. 



Pinus rigida, MUler.* 



American Pitch Pine. From New England to Virginia. 

 It grows to a height of 80 feet; the timber from light 

 gravelly or rocky soil heavy and resinous, from damp alluvial 

 soil light and soft ; used for building ; but the tree is prin- 

 cipally important for its yield of turpentine, resin, pitch and 

 tar. The tree is suitable for sea-shores ; it vrill also grow in the 

 driest localities, nor is it readily susceptible to injury from fire. 



Pinus rubra, Lambert. 



Hudson's Pine, Red Spruce. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, 



