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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



where it forms extensive forests at 6000 to 8000 feet. A 

 majestic tree, 150 to 200 feet high, with regular horizontal 

 branches. 



Pin US' orientalis, Linne. 



Sapindus-Fir. In Asia Minor, at 4000 feet. The tree rises 

 to about eighty feet, and resembles somewhat the Norway- 

 Spruce. The wood is exceedingly tough and durable. 



Pinus parviflora, Siebold. 



In Japan. It only gets about twenty-five feet high; but is 

 much used as an avenue-tree. Wood for fine furniture and 

 boat-building. 



Pinus Pattoniana, Parlatore. 



California, 5000 to 6000 feet above sea-level. A very fine 

 Fir, 300 feet high, with a perfectly straight stem. The wood 

 is hard, of a reddish colour, with handsome veins; but poor 

 in resin. 



Pinus patula, Schiede and Deppe. 



In Mexico, at an elevation of 8000 to 9000 feet. A graceful 

 Pine, eighty feet high. 



Pinus pendula, Solander. (P. microcarpa, Lambert.) 



Small-coned American Larch, Black Larch, or Tamarack. 

 Frequent in Vermont and New Hampshii-e. A Pine of 

 pyi'amidal growth, 100 feet high. The timber is pale, 

 heavy, resinous, and as highly valued as that of the Common 

 Larch. 



Pinus picea, Du Roi.* (P. Abies, Linne.) 



Norway Spruce, Fichte. Middle and Northern Europe and 

 Northern Asia, rising from the plains to an elevation of 4500 

 feet, and forming extensive forests. The tree attains a height 

 of 150 feet or even more, and furnishes an excellent timber 

 for building and furniture, commonly known under the name 

 of White Deal. It also produces the Burgundy Pitch in 

 quantity, while the bark is used for tanning. Though 

 enduring our dry summers, this Spruce would have to be 

 restricted for timber purposes to the damp mountains. 



Pinus Pinaster, Solander.* 



Cluster-Pine. On the shores of the Mediterranean. The 

 tree is of quick growth, and rises up to sixty feet in height. 

 The wood is soft and resinous ; it yields largely the French 

 turpentine. Among the best Pines for consolidation of sandy 

 coast-land, and converting rolling sands into pasture and 

 agricultural land. For ease of rearing and rapidity of growth 

 one of the most important of all Pines. 



