30 TREES AND SHRUBS 

Central California northward. Along shore it protects the other vegetation, 
though it is never large and hardly ever symmetrical in its growth. In British 
Columbia the Indians eat the tender inside bark in early spring. Hardy. 
Pinus densiflora, Stedo/d and Zuccarini. DENSE-FLOWERED JAPAN PINE, 
(Pinus Faponica, Antoine; Pinus rubra, Siebold, in part.) From Japan, — 
where it grows about 40 feet high. Timber of fair quality. The resin is in 
general use in Japan for healing wounds. Hardy. 
Pinus edulis, Zxzge/mann. Nut PINE, PINON PINE. This has been re- 
garded as a form of Pinus cembroides, Zuccarini, from which it appears to be 
distinct, and it has also been confounded with Pius monophyllos, Torrey and 
fremont, the larger nuts of which are edible. It is a low scrubby tree which 
is rich in resin. It is common in Southern Colorado, Arizona, and New 
Mexico. Hardy, but the timber contains much resin, and is of little value save 
as fuel. Nuts also edible. 
Pinus Elliottii, Axge/mann. FE viottT’s PINE. From South Carolina, 
and reaching south to Georgia and Florida. A handsome tree, which, as it 
is hardy in the southern part of this State, is worthy of a trial in protected 
situations here. 
Pinus excelsa, Wallich. Lorry BHOTAN PINE. (Pinus Dicksonii, Hort. ; 
Pinus pendula, Griffith; Pinus Indica, Manetti.) Native of India, especi- 
ally on the higher grounds, where at an altitude of from 6000 to 10,000 feet it 
appears to be common and to reach an altitude of 150 feet. Timber good, 
compact yet soft, white, and yielding a fragrant resinous turpentine. The 
drooping branches have given it the name of DROOPING Fir. Desirable tree 
in parks. Hardy here. 
_ Pinus flexilis, Zames. AMERICAN CEMBRAN PINE, FLEXIBLE-BRANCHED 
PINE, Rocky MOUNTAIN WHITE PINE. (Pinus albicaulis, Engelmann ; 
Pinus Shasta, Carriere.) A middle-sized tree, native of Colorado, New 
Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. Quite valuable, and of slow 
growth, but handsome in shape. ‘The flexibility of the branches is said to be 
due to the thick elastic bark covering them. 
Pinus Gerardiana, Wallich. GERARD’S PINE. (Pinus Neosa, Govan.) 
Tree 50 feet high, from the Thibet region, where it ranges to an altitude of 
12,500 feet above the sea-level. It is called by the Orientals the Sweet Nut 
Pine, from its edible nuts. It secretes resin in large quantities. The tree is 
reasonably hardy here. 
Pinus insignis, Douglas. OREGON PITCH-PINE. (Pinus Californica, 
Loisel.) One of the most beautiful of the West Coast Pines. It branches 
from the ground up. Hardy in England, but not likely to be so here, though 
it is in the Park collection. 
Pinus inops, So/ander. JERSEY or SCRUB PINE. (Pinus Virginiana, Mill. 
Dict.; Pinus variabilis, Pursh.) A low branching tree, of no special value 
except as fuel. It grows in poor and sandy soil from New Jersey to Kentucky 
and southward, Hardy enough, but not very ornamental in parks or other 
public grounds. 
Pinus Koraiensis, Stedo/d and Zuccarint. COREAN PINE. (Pinus Strobus, 
Thunberg. ‘The tree so named by Linnzeus is our common White Pine.) 
It is 30 to 40 feet high, and cultivated in China and Japan. Native of the cold 

