120 



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dense than the foregoing, of the same colour, but having larger 

 knots and more inclined to heart-colour earlier than the grandis 

 of Douglas. It does not, in my experience, produce nearly the 

 same amount of timber in a given time as that tree. Value 140. 



Picea nobilis. — A tree producing harder timber, but quite 

 as easily worked as either of the foregoing. It is durable, and 

 when well seasoned is hard and light, eminently suited for 

 architraves, panelling, and framing for doors, windows, and the 

 like. In the young state it is not to be recommended for 

 flooring, as it is apt to get " scooped " out between the growths, 

 leaving narrow ridges like corduroy. Its value is about 170. 



Picea Nordmanniana. — This tree is of much, slower growth 

 than the tree last named. The timber has the same appear- 

 ance, but is harder and apparently more durable. In one or two 

 instances the timber shown to . me resembled very much that of 

 a fast-grown Picea pectinata, but timber from trees I have 

 known had very little resemblance to the wood of that tree, 

 especially the heart-wood. The timber is useful for any purpose 

 for which ordinary Pine is adapted. Value 125. 



Picea Pinsajjo. — The wood of this tree does not appear to 

 be very valuable. It is difficult to work, very brittle on account 

 of the numerous knots, and rots quickly when in contact with the 

 soil. This and the timber of Picea ceplialonica and Picea 

 numidica resemble one another so closely that it is almost 

 impossible to distinguish the one from the other. Value 96. 



Pmus austriaca, — The timber of this tree is well known to 

 most people. It is coarse-grained, tough and durable, but con- 

 siderably inferior to the Scotch Fir. Value 70. 



Pimis Cembm.— Fiom the slow rate of growth, the timber of 

 this tree is of very good quality as a rule, being hard, even- 

 grained, easily worked, and very durable as flooring, scantlings, 

 window and door framing. Its value is about 60. 



Pinus excelsa. — The timber of this tree is coarse and soft, 

 easily broken, and not very durable. The wood is faulty through 

 the numerous pools " of resin throughout the entire structure, 

 induced, no doubt, by the ulcerated condition of the bark, a 

 disease to which this tree seems especially liable. As to bulk of 

 timber it is about equal to Scotch Fir. Value 100. 



Pmus Jejfreyi. — This tree produces valuable and durable 

 imber, very regular in growth, though rather soft while in 



