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A MANUAL OF THE CONIFERJJ. 



Pinus is the Latin name of the Pine, and was applied indiscriminately 

 by the Eoman authors to the species indigenous to Italy and southern 

 Europe. Pinus is derived from or allied to the Greek ■n-lrvs (pitus), 

 which has for its root pi or pin, meaning richness or fatness, whence 

 pitus, in reference to the abundant secretions of the Pines. 



Section I. — Pines with Two Leaves in a Sheath. 



This section includes several species valuable for their timber, not 

 only in the countries of which they are natives, but also as supply- 

 ing a large proportion of the timber of commerce ; as the Scotch 

 or Wild Pine of northern Europe, the Corsican Pine of southern 

 Europe, and the Yellow Pine of America. Others are ornamental 

 and highly picturesque trees, as the Pyrenean Pine and the Italian 

 Stone Pine. The greater number of them have rigid greyish foliage, 

 comparatively short leaves, and small ovate cones of a dull ash- 

 brown colour. Pinus Pinaster and P. resinosa have long leaves; 

 P. pyrenaica, P. halepensis, P. contorta, and one or two others have 

 bright green foliage; and P. pinea has large yellowish-brown cones. 

 With the exception of P. Merkusii, all the two-leaved Pines are 

 extra-tropical, and are generally distributed oyer the northern portions 

 of both hemispheres. All the European species, except P. Cemhra, 

 belong to this section. 



SoiBNiinc Namb. 



PINUS AustkIaca 



(Hbss) 



Banksiana 



(Lambert) 



BOLAND&RI 



(Parlatore) 



CONt6eta 



(Douglas) 



Synonyms. 



Pinus nigra (Link) 



,, Laricio austriaca 



(Endlicher) 



„ , , nigricans 



(Parlatore) 



hudsonica 



„. rupestris 



(Poiret) 



(Miehaux) 



Boursieri 



Popular Name. 



The Austrian 



Pine 



Sir Joseph Bank's 

 Pine 



Bolander's Pine 



(Carrifere)l 



Habitat. 



Austria . 



British North 



America 



California 



Height 



in 

 Feet. 



75—100 



5— 12 



12— 15 



25— 30 



