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attains to a height of 80 or 100 feet in its native range. The 

 foliage is rather distinct, being sparsely arranged, rigid, acute, and 

 light green and having a turpentiny odor when bruised. This 

 tree, much as the Ginkgo, has been cultivated to a considerable 

 degree about the shrines and temples in China, especially at the 

 Buddhist monasteries in the mountains west of Peking. To the 

 natives it is known as Pai-koo-siiug. 



Little is known of the wood of this tree and in its native land 

 it is not sufficiently abundant to be of commercial importance. 



To the right, ahead of us, we come to three trees in a row, which 

 may appear to be Scotch Pine, if we already know that species, 

 because of the orange-colored bark and resinous buds. But closer 

 examination will show that the leaves, though in twos as in the 

 Scotch Pine, are longer and not so stiff and are green rather than 

 bluish-green. Moreover, the branchlets are glaucous, that is, they 

 have a bloom. There is another similar tree before these three 

 that stands higher up on the slope and just about directly east of 

 the White-bark Pines. These four trees are 



Pinus densiflora, the Japanese Red-Pine 



This is the tree of which the Japanese Umbrella-Pine is a variety 

 and which is cultivated in numerous other forms by the Japanese. 

 It is known to them as Aka-matsu and is regarded in Japan more 

 as a forest tree than one of gardening use. It grows to a height 

 of over one hundred feet and has been abundantly planted on 

 barren soil, for it will grow on the poorest sites. The wood of this 

 species, which is coarse-grained but moderately strong, is used for 

 every description of carpentry by the Japanese. 



The remaining six pines in this area as far as the next path, 

 beginning with the tall ones along the road next to the White-bark 

 and Umbrella-Pines, are 



Pinus Banksiana, the Jack- Pine 



This tree possesses little beauty to recommend it for ornamental 

 planting. It is scraggly, unkempt-looking, and relatively short- 



