DOUGLAS AND LAMBERT PINES. 95 



our knowledge of the vegetable kingdom. 

 Amongst his discoveries were two new sorts 

 of pine. That called after his name^ — the 

 Douglas Pine^ — grows to the height of two 

 hundred and thirty feet, and is more than fifty 

 feet in circumference at the base. It has a 

 rough spongy bark, in some places one inch 

 thick, in others so much as twelve inches. In 

 foliage it much resembles the spruce ; and it 

 bears small cones. The timber, which is very 

 heavy, is of good quality. Immense forests 

 of this pine are growing between the Stoney 

 Mountains and the shores of the Pacific Ocean. 

 The Lambert Pine was found in North Cali- 

 fornia, and is a most majestic tree. Mr. Doug- 

 las was so fortunate as to find one, which had 

 been blown down, and which, therefore, he 

 could accurately measure. It was two hun- 

 dred and fifteen feet in length, fifty-eight feet 



