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with low limbs, black bark, and sappy, tough wood. Used for build- 
ing-timber, flooring, &c. It has several names, as Swamp Siok Sappy 
Pine, Black Pine, and Bull Pine. naarit 
No. 352. Pinus ponderosa, Doug., var. Jeffreyi, Balf. ay ve 's Pine.— 
California. This variety also grows on the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 
and on the Coast Range of California. It often attains a height of 170 
to 250 feet and a diameter of 6 to 10 feet. It differs much in the quality of 
the wood, but is used for all the purposes of other kinds. It is remark- 
able for the comparatively large size of its cones. It is called Yellow 
Pine, Pitch Pine, and Truckee Pine. 
No. 303. Pinus australis, Michx. —Long- leaved Pine.—South Carolina 
and southward. A lofty tree, growing in the pine-barrens of the South- 
ern States, attaining a height of 75 to 100 feet. Next to the White 
Pine, this is perhaps the most valuable of the genus. The timber plays 
an important part in ship-building, is extensively used as a flooring, and 
in house-building. The chief value of this species is for the turpentine, 
tar, pitch, and rosin which it supplies, and of which immense quantities 
are exported i in addition to the home supply. 
No. 354. Pinus Coulteri, Doug.—Coulter’s Pine.—California. A large 
tree of California, from 80 to 100 feet in height, with large, spreading 
branches, and a trunk 3 or 4 feet in diameter. The cones are heavier 
than those of any other of the family, being frequently 1 foot long and 
6 inches diameter, and weighing fro o 6 pounds. The large, nut- 
like seeds contained in the cones a ous, and used as an article of 
food by the Indians. 
No. 355. Pinus Sabiniana, Doug.— -nut Pine; Sabine’s Pine.— 
California. Grows on the foot-hills of the Coast Range and on the west- 
— ern foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. 1tis not very 
abundant, and is limited by the altitude of 4,000 feet. It grows from 
40 to 100 feet high. The cones are large and heavy, and full of oily, 
nutritious nuts, which are used by the Indians. The timber is fit only 
for fuel. It is called Digger Pine, Foothill Pine, Gray-leaved Pine, &c. 
No. 356. Pinus Torreyana, Parry.—Torrey’s Pine.—California. A spe- 
cies of Southern California, resembling the preceding, but smaller. The 
nuts are thick-shelled, but nutritious, and used as food by the Indians. 
No. 397. Pinus insignis, Dougl.—Monterey Pine.—California. Grows 
along the coast south of San Francisco. Some old trees near Monterey 
are 70 or 80 feet high. It is quite an ornamental species, and is in fre- 
quent cultivation in California. 
No. 358. Pinus radiata, Don.—Calitornia. 
No. 359. Pinus tuberculata, Don.—Prickly-coned Pine. Calin 
A small tree seldom attaining a greater height than 30 to 40 feet, with 
a trunk of 8 or 10 inches diameter. It grows on the Coast Hills south of 
San Francisco, and in other places in the State. 7 
No. 360. Pinus rigida, Miller.—Pitch Pine.—Eastern United States. 
A medium-sized tree from 30 to 70 feet high, with dark, rugged-looking 
bark, and hard, resinous wood. The wood is knotty, and of little value 
for lumber, but gives an intense heat in burning on account of the quan- 
tity of resin which it contains. 
No. 361. Pinus serotina, Michx.—Pond Pine.—Southern States. This 
is closely related to the preceding, and is by some considered only a 
variety ofit. It grows onthe borders of ponds and swamps from Flor- 
ida to North Carolina. 
No. 362. Pinus Teda, L—Loblolly ; ; Old-field Pine.—Southern States. 
A species confined to the Atlantic States, growing mostly in damp or in 
light, barren sul frequently taking possession of old and neglected 
