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Pine, Celery-topped {PhyllocUdus rhomboiddlis Rich: Order 

 Taxme€B= Podocdrpus asplenifoUa LabilL). Tasmania. Known 

 also as " Adventure Bay ^ine.'' Height up to 60 ft., usually too 

 slender to be useful. Even-grained, and easily worked, strong, 

 durable. Occasionally used for spars, flooring, and railway-cars. 

 See also Tanekaha, 



Pine, Cembra (P. Gembra L.). From Kamtschatka to the 

 Urals, Carpathians, and Alps. Known also as " Swiss Stone Pine." 

 French '' Cembrot, Tinier." Germ, " Zirbelkiefer, Zirbe, Arve." 

 Swiss '' Alvier, Arolla." Height 60—70 or 90 ft. Sapwood broad, 

 yellowish-white ; heart, when dry, white or yellowish-brown, light, 

 soft, fine-grained, easily spHt, shrinking Httle, susceptible of a fine 

 polish, fragrant, and obnoxious to insects ; annual rings regularly 

 circular ; narrow autumn wood scarcely distinguishable ; resin-ducts 

 numerous and very large ; pith-rays with one row of smooth-walled 

 tracheids above and below, with small bordered pits, and generally 

 three rows of parenchyma in the middle, with large simple pits. 

 A soft pine, in request for wainscoting, carved work, lining clothes'- 

 chests, turnery, etc. 



Pine, Chile {Araucdria imbricdta Pavon: Order Araucarinece). 

 Southern Chile. Known also as " Pehuen, Pinon," and " Monkey 

 Puzzle." Germ, " Chihtanne, Schmucktanne." Height 70 — 100 ft. ; 

 diam. 5 — 7 ft. at base. Wood in English-grown specimens cross- 

 grained, and not seemingly of value ; but in Chile yellowish, beauti- 

 fully veined, and susceptible of a fine polish. Used in Chile for 

 masts. 



Pine, Cluster (P. Pinaster Sol. = P. maritima Lam.). Mediter- 

 ranean region ; naturaHzed in South Africa, Northern India, 

 Australia, etc. French " Pin de Bordeaux, Pin maritime, Pin des 

 Landes." Germ, '' Sternkiefer, Strandkiefer." Height 50 — 60 ft. 

 W 33 — 48. Reddish, soft, coarse-grained, not durable. Used 

 mainly for coarse carpentry, packing-cases, and fuel ; but of great 

 value as a source of turpentine, charcoal, and lamp-black being 

 manufactured from the refuse. Large numbers of pit-props of 

 this species are imported into South Wales from Bordeaux. 



Pine, Colonial. See Pine, Moreton Bay. 



Pine, Common, of Austraha. See Cypress-Pine. 



Pine, Corsican (P. Laricio Poir.). Corsica and the Maritime 

 Alps. Known also as " Larch Pine." Germ, " Sehwarzkiefer." 

 Height 80 — 100 ft. Creamy white when freshly cut, brownish- 

 yellow when seasoned, tough, elastic, long, but rather coarse in 

 grain, very resmous, easily worked, susceptible of a fair polish, 

 very durable, obnoxious to insects. Resembling Northern Pine 

 (P. sylvestris) of good quality in its structure and uses. 



