F. W. SCHUMACHER 
Jamaica Plain, Mass 
PINUS 
caribaea—Slash Pine. 
One of the most profitable timber trees of the South, both for its wood and 
naval stores products. It is said to have the heaviest, hardest and strongest 
wood of all commercial conifers in the States. Fast growing and adapting 
itself to various conditions, it is an ideal tree for planting on bad land and even 
on wet ground. 
cembra—Swiss Stone Pine. 
A fine ornamental and good timber tree with edible seeds. Seed is slow germi¬ 
nating. 
cembra sibirica—Siberian Stone Pine. 
Faster growing and somewhat hardier than preceding, 
contorta—Shore Pine-—Pacific Coast States. 
contorta latifolia, see Pinus murrayana 
coulteri—Coulter Pine..*. 
Imposing Pine from California with large cones. . . 
densiflora—Japanese Red Pine—similar to Scotch Pine. 
densiflora unbraculifera—Japanese Umbrella Pine. 
A dwarf variety, the Japanese Tanyosho Pine, seeding sparingly. 
echinata—Short Leaf Pine. 
An important timber along the Atlantic Coast; also a fine ornamental. 
edulis-—Nut or Pinion Pine. 
Shrubby tree of the semi-desert country of Southern Colorado, New Mexico 
and Arizona. Its large edible seeds formed an important part in the diet of the 
native Indians. 
excelsa—Himalayan Pine. Seed from planted stands. 
One of the most ornamental of all Pines and extremely smoke resisting, it has 
gained importance for planting in cities and industrial districts. 
flexilis—Limber Pine. 
A native to the western mountains. Used in landscape work for its limited size. 
With edible seeds. 
halepensis—Aleppo Pine. 
Valuable timber tree. An important source for tar and turpentine products, 
also for tanning materials. Suitable for sea-shore planting in the South. 
jeffreyi—Jeffrey Pine. 
California and Oregon; a fine ornamental and most remarkable of native Pines, 
with leaves to eight inches long. 
koraiensis—Korean Pine. 
A very handsome and hardy Japanese Pine of the cembra group; a valuable 
tree for landscaping, wfith edible seeds which when planted will germinate the 
next season. 
lambert iana—Sugar Pine. 
Talles t of all American Pines. A valuable timber tree in Southern Oregon and 
Northern California with enormous cones to two feet long. 
Ieucodermis—Gray Bark Pine-—Balkan Mountains. 
longifolia—Indian Pine—Himalayan Mountains. 
maritima, see pinaster 
massoniana—Chinese Red Pine. 
montana, Mountain Pine, from the mountains of Europe. 
A very variable species of shrubby to tree-like habit growing near to timberline. 
Much planted for protection against snow and stone slides, erosion prevention 
and successfully used as substitute for the tender Pinus pinaster (maritima) along 
the sea coasts of Northern Europe for planting on dunes where it forms impene¬ 
trable thickets. It is also an extremely valuable shelter plant in game and bird 
reservations. 
montana gallica—French Mountain Pine. 
A native of the French High Alps (6,000 feet), 
montana mughus—Mugho Pine, dwarf prostrate. 
Seed from extra selected dwarf strain. 
montana mughus compacta, of compact ball shaped proportions. 
montana pumilio—Shrubby Swiss Pine.'. 
montana uncinata—Large Swiss Pine of tree form. 
monticola-—Western White Pine, similar to White Pine. 
An important timber tree in Northern Idaho and Montana; extremely hardy. 
muricata—Bishop Pine, California. 
Very moderate in its requirements, thriving on poorest sand, peat-bogs, clay soil. 
murrayana (latifolia)—Lodgepole Pine... 
The most important timber tree in the Northern Rocky Mountains where it 
forms extensive forests; the wood is of high quality. 
nigra (austriaca)—Austrian Pine. 
Most adaptable and useful of all Pines, hardy almost everywhere, and wind 
resistant; a fine ornamental; an important shelter and forest tree valuable for 
its timber and turpentine products. 
nigra calabarica—Calabrian Pine. 
Tallest of the nigra group; an imposing ornamental and valuable forest tree. 
nigra caramanica (pallisiana)—Crimean Pine. 
Said to be most ornamental, with glossy leaves, 
nigra poiretiana (laricio)—Corsican Pine. 
Extremely valuable forest tree with tall straight trunk. 
Seed from planted stands . .. 
Seed from Corsica hill districts. 
Seed from Corsica, 4500-5000 feet. 
oz. 
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lb. 
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.40 
1.50 
.40 
1.00 
3.75 
.45 
1.10 
4.00 
.20 
.80 
.40 
2.00 
1.50 
7.50 
.65 
1.60 
5.75 
.20 
.35 
1.25 
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.60 
2.00 
.30 
.75 
2.50 
.15 
.40 
1.25 
.25 
.65 
2.25 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
.20 
.45 
1.00 
.35 
.80 
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2.25 
7.00 
.30 
.60 
2.50 
.40 
1.15 
3.85 
.30 
.80 
2.85 
.35 
.80 
3.00 
.30 
.80 
2.85 
.25 
.55 
2.00 
.45 
1.10 
4.00 
.75 
1.85 
7.00 
.45 
1.10 
4.00 
.20 
.45 
1.60 
.60 
1.45 
5.00 
.35 
.90 
2.50 
.35 
.90 
2.50 
.45 
1.25 
4.00 
.50 
1.40 
4.50 
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