THE PINASTER. 905 
Tree, however, may be obtained in large quanti- 
ties, lamp black, oil of turpentine, pitch, resin, 
and tar. A curious use to which the living 
Tree is put, is to bind together shifting sand 
banks on the sea-shore; for, disliking any soil of 
a chalky nature, and loving to grow in dry sand, 
especially where there is a considerable depth of 
it, it has been found an admirable Tree for plant- 
ing on sandy wastes, fit for no other species of 
vegetation or Tree growth. 
