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even for the drier parts of Victoria. — The leaves of Pines 

 can be well converted into material for pillows and 

 mattresses, with the great recommendation of healthiness for 

 such a purpose. 



Piniis Smithiana, Lambert. {P. Khutrow, Eoyle.) 



In the Himalayan Mountains at elevations from 6000 to 

 11,000 feet. Attains a height of 150 feet, and the stem a 

 girth of 15 feet. The wood is pale, even and straight- 

 grained, but only durable under shelter. 



Pinus Strobus, Linn6.* 



Weymouth-Pine or American White Pine. North-Eastern 

 America, growing on any soil, but particularly adapted for 

 deep rich soil in mountain- valleys ; known to reach a height 

 of 270 feet, with a stem of 8 feet diameter. The wood is 

 soft, white, light, free of knots, almost without resin, easy to 

 work, and much esteemed for masts, flooring, oars, &c. It 

 yields American turpentine and gallipot. 



Pinus Taeda, Linne. 



Frankincense- or Loblolly-Pine. Florida and Virginia, in 

 sandy soil, attaining a height of eighty feet; the timber is 

 used for pumps, &c. It also yields turpentine in good 

 quantity, though of inferior quality. The tree likes the 

 regions near the coast, hence can be utilised for raising Pir- 

 forests on sea-sand. 



Pinus tenuifolia, Bentham. 



Mexico, at an elevation of 5000 feet, forming dense forests. 

 Height of tree, 100 feet, stem up to five feet in diameter. 



Pinus Teocote, Chamisso and Schlechtendal. 



Okote or Torch-Pine. Mexico, 5000 to 8000 feet above the 

 sea-level. Tree 100 feet high, stem three to four feet in 

 diameter; the wood is resinous and durable. 



Pinus Tsuga, Antoine. 



In the Northern provinces of Japan, 6000 to 9000 feet above 

 the sea. The tree gets only twenty-five feet high; its timber 

 is highly esteemed for superior furniture, especially by 

 turners. 



Pinus Webbiana, Wallich. 



King-Pine, Dye- Pine. On the Himalaya Mountains, at an 

 elevation of from 7000 to 13,000 feet. A splendid Fir, reach- 

 ing a height of 150 feet, the stem a circumference up to thii'ty 

 feet. In compact forests the bare trunk is very short. The 

 wood is of a pale colour, soft, coarse-grained, and very 

 resinous; the natives extract a splendid violet dye from the 

 cones. 



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