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for cushions, mattresses, and other articles, under the name of 

 pine-leaf wool. The water used in this operation has been used 

 further in Breslau and elsewhere for medicinal baths. Oil obtained 

 from the leaves is sometimes used in medicinal practice. In Ire- 

 land, where very old trees have lain for centuries in bogs, shavings 

 have been made from the dug-up trees and utilized for coarse rope. 



The Scotch Pine may generally be recognized by its orange- 

 colored bark, particularly prominent on the upper part of the trunk 

 and its bluish-green foliage. The bark, moreover, is inclined to be 

 scaly and the twisted bluish-green leaves occur in twos. It was 

 mentioned previously that this tree might be confused with the 

 Japanese Red-Pine. This latter stands just across the road and 

 it might be well to step over there and note the difference in the 

 leaves. The backward-pointing cones on the branches of the 

 Scotch Pine, when present, are a further mark of identification. 



There are numerous varieties of the Scotch Pine, geographical 

 and horticultural. Much of the timber exported from northern 

 Europe is known as "Riga," "Dantzic," or "Yellow Deal." Such 

 an important and widely distributed tree, it should be expected, 

 would hear a burden of names. The Scotch Pine is probably un- 

 excelled in this respect. 



Behind these two Scotch Pines are the Japanese Black-Pines we 

 considered from the other side of the Section. 



Section 3 



Section 3 of the Pines lies on the western side of the path that 

 separates it from Section 2 (Map p. 7). It is the triangular 

 area directly behind Conservatory Range 1, bounded on both 

 eastern and western sides by paths. We shall begin at its northern 

 end, for it terminates there in an apex where the two bounding 

 paths converge. We shall follow the path along the eastern side of 

 the Section. If we have just completed Section 2, we need but 

 return to where we began on that Section and direct our attention 

 to the right-hand or western side. 



The first three large pines that stand in the apex are the same 

 as the one on the left side of the path which we have already con- 

 sidered, the Crimean Pine (p. 27). 



