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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Pinus religiosa, Humboldt. 



Oyamel-Fii'. Mexico, 4000 to 9000 feet above the sea-level. A 

 magnificent tree with silvery leaves, gi'owing 100 feet 

 high ; stem six feet in diameter ; the wood is particularly 

 well fit for shingles and laths. • 



Pinus resinosa, Solander. 



Ked Pine. North America, principally Canada and Nova 

 Scotia. It gets eighty feet high and two feet in diameter ; 

 the wood is red, fine-gi-ained, heavy and durable, very 

 resinous, and is used for ship-building. 



Pinus rigida, Miller.* 



American Pitch-Pine. From New England to Virginia. It 

 grows to a height of eighty feet ; the timber from light 

 gravelly or rocky soil heavy and resinous, from damp alluvial 

 soil light and soft ; used for building ; but the tree is principally 

 important for its yield of turpentine, resin, pitch and tar. 

 The tree is suitable for sea-shores ; it will also gi'ow in the 

 driest localities, nor is it readily susceptible to injury from 

 fire. 



Pinus rubra, Lambert. 



Hudson's Pine, Ked Spruce. Nova Scotia, Newfoundland 

 and other northern parts of the American Continent. A 

 straight slender tree, seventy feet high ; the wood is of a 

 reddish colour and highly esteemed. 



Pinus Sabiniana, Douglas.* 



Californian Nut-Pine or White Pine. Most frequent on the 

 western slopes of the Pocky Mountains, intermixed with 

 other trees; 150 feet high; stem three to five feet in 

 diameter. The wood is pale and soft ; the clustered heavy 

 cones attain a length of one foot. The seeds are edible. 

 Pj'oves in dry localities of Victoria to be of quick growth. 



Pinus serotina, Michaux. 



Pond-Pine. Southern States of North America, in black 

 morassy soil, principally near the sea-coast. It is fifty feet 

 high, stem eighteen inches in diameter. The wood is soft. 



Pinus Sibirica, Turczaninow. {P. Pichta, Pischer.) 



Siberian Pitch-Fir. On the Altai Mountains ; it reaches a 

 height of fifty feet. 



Pinus silvestris, Linne.* 



Scotch Fir, Foehre. Middle and Northern Europe, up to 

 70° N. latitude, and North Asia, thriving best in sandy soil. 

 A very valuable tree, fully one hundred feet high, growing to 

 the age of abont 120 years. The Bed Baltic, Norway or 

 Riga deals are obtained from this Pine, as well as a large 

 portion of the European Pine-tar. Proves well-adapted 



