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Pinus grandis, Dougl. 
Great Silver Fir of North California. A splendid fir, 200 feet high and 
upwards, growing best in moist valloys of high ranges; the wood is 
white and soft. 
Pinus Haleppensis, Mill.* 
Aleppo Pine. South Europe and North Africa, This well known pine 
attains a height of 80 feet with a stem of from 4 to 5 feet iu diameter. 
The timber of young trees is white, of older trees of a dark color ; it 
is principally esteemed for ship building, but also used for furniture. 
The tree yields a kind of Venetian turpentine, as well as a valuable tar. 
It thrives well iu waterless rocky places, also on the sandy sea coast. 
P. maritima is a variety of this species. Content with the poorest and 
driest localities, and rapid of growth. 
Pinus Hartwegii, Lindl. 
Mexico, 9000 to 13,000 feet above sea level. A pine, 50 feet in height, 
with a very durable wood of a reddish color; it yields a large quantity 
of resin. 
Pinus Larix, L. 
Common Larch; deciduous. On the European Alps up to 7000 feet. It 
attains a height of 100 feet, sometimes rising even up to 160 feet, and 
produces a valuable timber of great durability, which is used for land and 
water buildings, and much prized for ship building. The hark is used 
for tanning and dyeing. The tree is of great importance for its yield of 
the Venetian turpentine, which is obtained by boring holes into it in 
spring; these fill during the summer, supplying from j to f pint of 
turpentine. In Piedmont, where they tap the tree in different places 
and let the liquid continually run, it is said that from 7 to 8 may be 
obtained in a year, hut the wood suffers through this operation. P. L. 
var. Rossica, Russian Larch, grows principally on the Altai mountains 
from 2,500 to 5,600 feet above sea level; it attains a height of 80 feet. 
The species would be important for our upland country. 
Pinus leiophylla, Schiede and Deppe. 
7000 to 11,000 feet up on the mountains of Mexico. A tree 90 feet 
high. The wood is excessively hard. 
Pinus leptolepis, Sicb . and Zucc. 
Japan Larch. In Japan, between 35° and 18° N. lat., up to an elevation 
of 9000 feet. The timber is highly valued by the Japanese. 
Pinus longifolia, Itoxb* 
Emodi Pine or Cheer Pine. On the Himalaya mountains, from 2000 to 
7000 |feet. A handsome tree with a branchless stem of 50 feet; the 
wood is resinous and the red variety useful for building; it yields a 
quantity of tar and turpentine. The tree stands exposure atid heat 
well. 
Pinus Massoniana, Lamb (/'. Sinensis, Lamb.) 
China and Japan. This pine attains a height of 60 feet and supplies a 
resinous tough and durable wood, used for buildings and furniture. 
The roots, when burned with the oil of Brassica Orientalis, furnish the 
Chinese Lampblack. 
Pinus Menzieuii, Dougl. 
North West America. A very handsome tree, which grows to a height 
of 70 feet, and furnishes a valuable timber; it thrives best in moist 
ground. 
Pinus Hudsonica, Poir. (P. Banksiana, Lamb.) 
Grey Pine ; North America, up to 64° N. lat. Height of tree, 40 feet 
in the cold north only a shrub. The wood is light, tough, and easily 
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