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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Plnus Fraseri, Pursh. 



Double Balsam-Fir. On high mountains of Carolina and 

 Pennsylvania. This tree, which gets about twenty feet high, 

 yields with P. balsamea Canada-Balsam. 



Pinus Gerardiana, Wallich. 



Nepal Nut-Pine. In the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya 

 at an elevation of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, forming extensive 

 forests. The tree gets fifty feet high, with a comparatively 

 short stem, and produces very sweet edible seeds, also turpen- 

 tine. In reference to the nut-like seeds, the proverb prevails 

 at Kunawar — "One tree a man's life in winter." 



Pinus glabra, Walter. 



Carolina. Allied to P. mitis. It attains, according to 

 Chapman, a height of sixty feet. Porcher compares the 

 wood to that of P. Strobus. 



Pinus grandiSj Douglas. 



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. 



Pinus Griffithii, Parlatore. {Larix Grifftthii, J. Hooker and 

 Thomson). 



The Himalayan Larch. Descends to 8000 feet and ascends 

 to 12,000 feet. Timber pale, soft, without distinct heartwood, 

 one of the most durable of all Pine-timbers (Stewart and 

 Brandis). P. Ledebourii, Endlicher, is the Siberian Larch. 



Pinus Haleppensis, Miller. 



Aleppo-Pine. South Europe and North Africa. This well- 

 known Pine attains a height of eighty feet, with a stem of 

 from four to five feet in diameter. The timber of young trees 

 is white, of older trees of a dark colour; it is principally 

 esteemed for ship-building, but also used for furniture. The 

 tree yields a kind of Venetian turpentine, as well as a valu- 

 able tar. Although ascending mountains in South Europe to 

 the height of 4000 feet, it thrives best in loose coast-sands, 

 where in ten years it will attain to twenty-five feet, and 

 finally will become a larger tree than on firm lands. We find the 

 Haleppo-Fir one of our best avenue-trees, as here first proved 

 by the writer. P. maritima is a variety of this species. Con- 

 tent with the poorest and driest localities and rapid of 

 growth. 



Pinus Hartwegii, Lindley. 



Mexico, 9000 to 13,000 feet above sea-level. A Pine fifty 

 feet in height, with a very durable wood of a reddish colour j 

 it yields a large quantity of resin. 



