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this is the Japanese red pine, and several horticultural 

 forms of it, from Japan. Following these to the north are 

 a number of plants of the Jack pine, or Banks' pine, native 

 of northern North America. Its wood is sometimes used 

 for fuel, and was valued by the Indians for the frames of 

 canoes. 



In the area to the eastward of the spruces are a number of 

 other pines. The Corean pine, one of the white pines and 

 a native of eastern Asia, is located next to the spruces. 

 Near this is the Table-mountain pine. On the high ground 

 to the eastward of the above is the Scotch pine, the princi- 

 pal timber pine of Europe and Asiatic Russia. On the 

 easterly slope of this higher land and on the lower ground 

 nearby may be found, among others, the red or Canadian 

 pine, from northeastern North America, the wood of which 

 is largely used for building purposes and for masts, piles 

 and spars; the small-flowered pine, another of the white 

 pines and from Japan, where it is frequently used by the 

 Japanese in producing their miniature trees; the Japanese 

 black pine, also from Japan and useful for its wood; the 

 Austrian pine, found native in Austria, Servia and Rou- 

 mania, and the yellow, or bull, pine, from western North 

 America. 



In the triangle located midway between the south gate 

 and the conservatories, are the American cypresses [Taxo- 

 dium), in two species: the cypress, or bald cypress, and the 

 pond cypress. These, like the larches {Larix), and a few 

 other coniferous trees, shed their leaves for a portion of the 

 year. They form vast areas, in parts of the southern 

 states, called cypress swamps. Their timber is of economic 

 importance and their bark is rich in tannin. None of the 

 true cypresses (genus Cupressus) are hardy with us. 



At the northern end of the swale in which the herbaceous 

 grounds are located, and to the westward of the morpholog- 

 ic garden, is the collection of larches {Larix) and also the 

 members of the yew family (Taxaceae). The larches are 

 deciduous trees, the wood of which is of great economic 



