172 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Pinus LariXj Linne. 



Common Larch; deciduous. On the European Alps, up to 

 7000 feet. It attams a height of 100 feet, sometimes rising 

 even up to 160 feet, and produces a vakiable timber of great 

 durability, which is used for land and water buildings, and 

 much prized for ship-building. The bark is used for tanning 

 and dyeing. The tree is of great importance for its yield of 

 the Venetian turpentine, which is obtained by boring holes 

 into it in spring; these fill during the summer, supplying 

 from half to three-quarters of a pint of turpentine. In Pied- 

 mont, where they tap the tree in difierent places and let the 

 liquid continually run, it is said that from seven to eight 

 pints may be obtained in a year, but the wood suffers through 

 this operation. P. L. var. Kossica, Pussian Larch, grows 

 principally on the Altai Mountains, from 2500 to 5500 feet 

 above sea-level ; it attains a height of eighty feet. The species 

 would be important for our upland country. 



Pinus leiopliylla, Schiede and Deppe. 



7000 to 11,000 feet up on the mountains of Mexico. A tree 

 ninety feet high. The wood is excessively hard. 



Pinus leptolepis, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



Japan Larch. In Japan, between 35° and 48° N. latitude, 

 up to an elevation of 9000 feet. The timber is highly valued 

 by the Japanese. 



Pinus longifolia, Roxburgh.* 



Emodi-Pine or Cheer-Pine. On the Himalaya Mountains, 

 from 2000 to 9000 feet. A handsome tree with a branchless 

 stem of fifty feet, the whole tree attainmg a maximum height 

 of somewhat over 1 00 feet, the girth of the stem twelve feet. 

 The wood is resinous, and the red variety useful for building; 

 it yields a quantity of tar and turpentine. The tree stands 

 exposure and heat well. 



Pinus Massoniana, Lambert. (P. Sinensis, Lamb.) 



China and Japan. This Pine attains a height of sixty feet, 

 and supplies a resinous, tough and durable wood, used for 

 buildings and furniture. The roots, when burned with the 

 oil of Brassica Orientalis, furnish the Chinese Lampblack. 



Pinus Menziesii, Douglas. 



North- West America. A very handsome tree, which grows 

 to a height of seventy feet, and furnishes a valuable timber ; 

 it thrives best in moist ground. 



Pinus Mertensiana, Bongard. 



Californian Hemlock-Spruce. North-West America. The 

 wood is white and very soft, but is often used for building. 



