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PEACTICAL FORESTRY. 



Chapman and !Mr. Grordon, of England, recognize the variety 

 as a distinct species. 



P. Sabinlana, Dougl. — Sabine's Pine, Great Prickly-Coned Pine. 

 — Leaves in threes, eight to twelve inches long, slender-droop- 

 ing, of a light glaucous-green color. Cones eight to ten inches 

 long, and four to six in diameter, of a deep mahogany-brown 

 color, with large, projecting incurved points. Seed large, 

 almost an inch long, sub-cylindric, with a hard, dark brown 

 shell, and a stiff wing, only about a half inch long, with a stiff 



Fig. 58.— PT^^rs sabiniana. 



rim. A large, round-topped tree, with thick, rough bark, and 

 rather slender, graceful branchlets. Seed used as food by the 

 Indians, but are not so pleasant tasted as those of P. edulis. A 

 large tree, fifty to a hun.dred feet hip:h, and stem two to fom* 

 feet in diameter. Wood wliite, soft, rather even-grained, but 

 contains a large amount of resin. Inhabits California in the 

 Coast Panges, and the foot hills of the Sien-a Nevadas, up to an 

 altitude of about four thousand feet. Like most of the Pines 

 from the Coast Ranges of California, this species does not thrive 

 in the climate of our Northern Atlantic States, but will proba- 



