Pinus religiosa, Humboldt.
Oyamel-Fir. Mexico, 4000 to 9000 feet above the sea-level. A
magnificent tree with silvery leaves, growing 100 feet
high; stem six feet in diameter; the wood is particularly
well fit for shingles and laths.
Pinus resinosa, Solander.
Red Pine. North America, principally Canada and Nova
Scotia. I t gets eighty feet high and two feet in diameter;
the wood is red, fine-grained, heavy and durable, very
resinous, and is used for ship-bnilding.
Pinus rigida, Miller.*
American Pitch-Pine. From New England to Virgmia. It
grows to a height of eighty feet; the timber from light
gravelly or rocky soil heavy and resinous, from damp alluvia!
soil light and soft ; used for building ; but the tree is principally
important for its yield of turpentine, resin, pitch and tar.
The tree is suitable for sea-shores ; it will also grow in the
driest localities, nor is it readily susceptible to injury from
fire.
Pinus rubra, Lambert.
Hudson’s Pine, Red Spruce. Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
and other northern parts of the American Continent. A
straight slender tree, seventy feet high ; the wood is of a
reddish colour and highly esteemed.
Pinus Sabiniana, Douglas.*
Californian Nut-Pine or White Pine. Most^ frequent on the
western slopes of tlie Rocky Mountains, intei’mixed with
other trees; 150 feet bigb; stem three to five feet in
diameter. Tbe wood is pale and soft ; the clustered heavy
cones attain a length of one foot. Tbe seeds are edible.
Proves in dry localities of Victoria to be of quick growth.
Pinus serótina, Michaux.
Pond-Pine. Southern States of North America, in black
morassy soil, principally near tbe sea-coast. I t is fifty feet
high, stem eighteen inches in diameter. Tbe wood is soft.
Pinus Sibirica, Turczaninow. (P. Pichta, Eischer.)
Siberian Pitch-Eir. On the Altai Mountains ; it reaches a
height of fifty feet.
Pinus silvestris, Linné.*
Scotch Mr, Eoehre. Middle and Northern Europe, up to
70° N. latitude, and North Asia, thriving best in sandy soil.
A very valuable tree, fully one hundred feet high, growing to
the age of about 120 years. The Red Baltic, Norway or
Riga deals are obtained from this Pine, as well as a large
portion of the European Bine-tar. Proves well-adapted
even for the drier parts of Victoria.—The leaves of Pines
can he well converted into material for pillows and
mattresses, with the great recommendation of healthiness for
such a purpose.
Pinus Smithiana, Lambert. (P. Khutrow, Royle.)
In the Himalayan Mountains at elevations from 6000 to
11,000 feet. Attains a height of 150 feet, and the stem a
girth of 15 feet. The wood is pale, even and straight-
grained, but only durable under shelter.
Pinus Strobus, Linné.*
Weymouth-Pine or American White Pine. North-Eastern
America, growing on any soil, but particularly adapted for
deep rich soil in mountain-valleys ; known to reach a height
of 270 feet, with a stem of 8 feet diameter. The wood is
soft, white, light, free of knots, almost without resin, easy to
work, and much esteemed for masts, flooring, oars, &c. I t
yields American turpentine and gallipot.
Pinus Tæda, Linné.
Frankincense- or Loblolly-Pine. Florida and Virginia, in
sandy soil, attaining a height of eighty feet ; the timber is
used for pumps, &c. I t also yields turpentine in good
quantity, though of inferior quality. The tree likes the
regions near the coast, hence can be utilised for raising Fir-
forests on sea-sand.
Pinus tenuifolia, Bentham.
Mexico, at an elevation of 5000 feet, forming dense forests.
Height of tree, 100 feet, stem up to five feet in diameter.
Pinus Teocote, Chamisso and Scblecbtendal.
Okote or Torch-Pine. Mexico, 5000 to 8000 feet above the
sea-level. Tree 100 feet high, stem three to four feet in
diameter; the wood is resinous and durable.
Pinus Tsuga, Antoine.
In the Northern provinces of Japan, 6000 to 9000 feet above
the sea. The tree gets only twenty-five feet high; its timber
is highly esteemed for superior furniture, especially hy
turners.
Pinus Webbiana, Wallich.
King-Pine, Dye-Pine. On the Himalaya Mountains, at an
elevation of from 7000 to 13,000 feet. A splendid Fir, reaching
a height of 150 feet, the stem a circumference up to thirty
feet. In compact foi-ests the bare trunk is very short. The
wood is of a pale colour, soft, coarse-grained, and very
resinous; the natives extract a splendid violet dye from the
cones.
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