139 
ter, Secombe. gh persistent for 
many years on the tree, the pres with 
* very stout, Wie acdeved point (some- 
PINUS PONDEROSA Dougl. 
Trees of 7 pri size, 
15 feet thic 
Western yel- 
s 300 
feet in height, and 5 t 
Bed to 
range, the San Jaci 
fsa of 
Parish 
FR YI Murr. 
e Jeffrey or black pine is a tree 75 
- er 
mountain valleys near 
ms, gas nding into Lower 
‘Credi ted to the Cuyama 
nta 
gota LAMBERTIANA Dougl. ‘dad Great 
Sugar pine, bea 
exun rom the tially burned 
tree loses its resinous a cuitt es and ac 
uires a sweetness similar to tha‘ is 
sugar or nna, for which it is some 
times used, whence the name of sugar 
ine.” (W: n, Botany of California, 
2:123 The sugar which re col 
lected from trees in the Cuyamaca 
mountains was very sweet, fine graine 
snow 
PINU 8s MONOPHYL LA ish & G. 
elm. 
* to South- 
‘nia, but most 
ndant o lands near sas 
international rs 
ceful and ead 
e i igh, 10-18 pace in diamete 
the 3-5 
heath, 14-i% i h 
Oval seeds, 5-8 lines long, wit i 
light-brown mottled shell, are delicious 
in flavor, r roasted or fresh, and 
in a good season are collected in im- 
mense cuantivtes by the Indians for 
food. ao ae in a roasted condi 
tion are in San Diego mar- 
kets, and py wicooited’ in quantities, 
The West American Scientist —X. 
140 
ics ie quite a luxury with 
being 
fe GE the other nut pines, the 
some 
rnd ag whose honor the 
epicie is na 
PINUS RADIA TA Don. (P. insignis, Lou- 
don. cpr ole pine; a popular tree for Cali- 
fornia plantin 
PINUS SABINIANA bing bP cs ares 
— of the nut Ler eS, “Di © Pine st 
ge seeds of wh ich i toemariy used - 
pile ht A vigorous grower. 
or more, the main stems often with a circum- 
EE 
urb parts 0 iego, occurring 
on the hills facing the se ar Del 
Mar. second small grove has been 
discovere Santa Rosa _isiand. 
There most exposed it for low. 
scraggly shrub, 2 or 3 feet high only at 
in a on 
caurks as Psa diame ‘i 
SEQUOIA 
ee a ee Lindl & Gor 
Giant Redwoo Ripe - ‘Calitornia-~ 
the largest pee Ss he 
Bray Away SEMPERVIRENS "padl. Red 
“one of the most colossal trees of the 
es 
Gaus PSEUDOTSUGA Carriere. 
150 feet high, 4 feet in trun iamete 
Bears light crops of cones, the reported 
cundity perhaps exceptional.” It was 
r and 
qd as a vastly oe it should probably 
still be treated. 
s ABIES Link. 
ABIES CONCOLOR Lindl, 
ABIES RRACHY PHYLI a Prien 
ABIES FIRMA Sieb & Z 
