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Pinus Pinceana, Gordon. 



Mexico, up to 9000 feet above sea-level. A very remarkable 

 Pine, having drooping branches like the Weeping Willow, 

 sixty feet high. Most desirable for cemeteries. 



Pinus Pindrow, Royle. 



In great abundance on the spurs of the Himalaya mountains, 

 8000 to 12000 feet above the sea-level. A fine straight- 

 stemmed tree, 100 feet high; cones purple. 



Pinus Pinea, Linn6.* 



Stone-Pine. Frequent in the countries bordering on the 

 Mediterranean. Height of tree, sixty feet. The wood is 

 whitish, light, but full of resin, and much used for buildings, 

 furniture and ships. The seeds are edible, somewhat resem- 

 bling almonds, but of a resinous though not disagreeable 

 taste ; they should be left in the cones until they are about to 

 be used, as otherwise they speedily become rancid; they only 

 ripen in their third year. This Pine grows as easily and 

 almost as quickly as the Cluster-Pine. 



Pinus Pinsapo, Boissier. 



Spanish Fir. In Spain, on the Sierra Nevada, 4000 to 6000 

 feet. A tree sixty feet high, with branches from the 

 ground. The timber is similar to that of the Silver-Fir. 



Pinus ponderosa, Douglas.* (P. Benthamiana, Hartweg.) 

 Yellow or Pitch Pine of the mountains of North- West 

 America. Height of tree up to 225 feet, with a stem of 24 

 feet in circumference, of comparatively quick growth. The 

 wood is heavy, and for general purposes preferred to that of 

 any other Pine. Has proved well-adapted even for dry 

 localities in Victoria. 



Pinus Pseudo-Strobus, Lindley.* 



In Mexico. This tree is superior in appearance to any other 

 Mexican Pine ; height eighty feet. 



Pinus Pyrenaica, Lapeyrouse. 



In the South of Spain and on the Pyrenees. A fine 

 ornamental tree of quick growth, eighty feet high ; the wood 

 is pale and dry, poor in resin. 



Pinus radiata, Don.* (P. insignis, Douglas.) 



California. A splendid Pine, fully 100 feet high, with 

 a straight stem two to four feet in diameter. It is of 

 remarkably rapid growth, a seedling one year old being 

 strong enough for final transplantation ; it has been noticed 

 to grow fully five feet in a year, in light soil near Melbourne. 

 In the United Kingdom it sufiers greatly from the attacks of 

 the Pine-beetle, Hylurgus piniperda (Lawson). The wood is 

 tough, and much sought for boat-building and various 

 utensils. This tree can be utilised for obtaining tar and pitch. 

 It bears exposure to the sea at the very edge of the coast. 



