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Pinus grandis, Dougl. 



Great Silver Fir of North California. A splendid fir, 200 feet high and 



upwards, growing best in moist valleys of high ranges ; the wood is 



white and soft. 

 Pinua Haleppensis, Mill.* 



Aleppo Pine. South Europe and North Africa, This well known pine 



attains a height of 80 feet with a stem of from 4 to 5 feet in diameter. 



The timber of young trees is white, of older trees of a dark color ; it 



is principally esteemed for ship building, but also used for furniture. 



The tree yields a kind of Venetian turpentine, as well as a valuable tar. 



It thrives well in waterless rocky places, also on the sandy sea coast. 



P. maritima is a variety of this species. Content with the poorest and 



driest localities, and rapid of growth. 



Pinus Hartwegii, Lindl. 



Mexico, 9000 to 13,000 feet above sea level. A pine, 50 feet in height, 

 with a very durable wood of a reddish color ; it yields a large quantity 

 of resin. 



Pinus Larix, L. 



Common Larch ; deciduous. On the European Alps up to 7000 feet. It 

 attains a height of 100 feet, sometimes rising even up to 160 feet, and 

 produces a valuable timber of great durability, which is used for land and 

 water buildings, and much prized for ship building. The bark is used 

 for tanning and dyeing. The tree is of great importance for its yield of 

 the Venetian turpentine, which is obtained by boring holes into it in 

 spring ; these fill during the summer, supplying from £ to £ pint of 

 turpentine. In Piedmont, where they tap the tree in different places 

 and let the liquid continually run, it is said that from 7 to 8 may be 

 obtained in a year, but the wood suffers through this operation. P. L. 

 var. Eossica, Russian Larch, grows principally on the Altai mountains 

 from 2,500 to 5,500 feet above sea level ; it attains a height of 80 feet. 

 The species would be important for our upland country. 



Pinus leiophylla, Schiede and Deppe. 



7000 to 11,000 feet up on the mountains of Mexico. A tree 90 feet 

 high. The wood is excessively hard. 



Pinus leptolepis, Sieb . and Zucc. 



Japan Larch. In Japan, between 35° and 48° N. lat., up to an elevation 

 of 9000 feet. The timber is highly valued by the Japanese. 



Pinus longifolia, Eoxb* 



Emodi Pine or Cheer Pine. On the Himalaya mountains, from 2000 to 

 7000 jfeet. A handsome tree with a branchless stem of 50 feet ; the 

 wood is resinous and the red variety useful for building ; it yields a 

 quantity of tar and turpentine. The tree stands exposure and heat 

 well. 



Pinus Massoniana, Lamb. (P. Sinensis, Lamb.) 



China and Japan. This pine attains a height of 60 feet, and supplies a 

 resinous tough and durable wood, used for buildings and furniture. 

 The roots, when burned with the oil of Brassica Orientalis, furnish the 

 Chinese Lampblack. 



Pinus Menziesii, Dougl. 



North West America. A very handsome tree, which grows to a height 

 of 70 feet, and furnishes a valuable timber ; it thrives best in moist 

 ground. 



Pinus Hudsonica, Poir. (P. Banksiana, Lamb.) 



Grey Pine ; North America, up to 64° N. lat. Height of tree 40 feet, 

 in the cold north only a shrub. The wood is light, tough and easily 

 worked. 



