CONIFERZE.
Pinus Bonksiana. Banks' Pine ; Scrub Pine. Wiscon sin to New England. This species is found from the northern parts of the United States nearly to the Arctic ocean, and from Labrador to the Saskatchewan. In Wis consin it becomes a middle-sized tree, and is used for timber when the trees are found of sufficient size.
P. contorta. Twisred Pine. Rocky Mountains. This tree is found in the Rocky mountains trim Colorado to Oregon. It differs widely in regard to size in different local ties. Near the Pacific coast it is often liw and scrubby, bearing cones at five feet high. In Colin ado it is found at an altitude of 7,000 feet, and attains a height of fifty feet.
P. c mtorta, var. Bolanderi. Bolander's Piue. Cali foril a. This variety in the Sierra Nevada mountains at an altitude of 5,000 to 9,000 feet attains a height of 150 to 210 feet. It is variously called Tamarack, Twisted Pius or Black Pine.
P. ino, s. Jersey Pine; Scrub P ne. Eastern United States. A st aggliug tree fifteen to forty feet hieb, w.th spreading or drooping branches. It abounds iu New Jer sey, Maryland, end Virginia. also on the hills bor dering the Ohio in Kentucky, Southern Illinois and Indiana. The wood is of little value.
P. mitia. Yellow Pine. Eastern United States, chiefly his is a handsome tree, owing from New Eng land to Wisconsin. and sparingly in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and southward to Florida. The timber is very . valuable, commanding a higher price even than the white pine.
P. clausa. Florida. A email tree found by Dr. Chap Man at Apalachicola, related to Pinta inops.
P. &Zara. Spruce Pine. South Carolina and south ward. A tree forty to sixty feet high, with smoothish bark and soft white wood, branching from near the ground. Resembles P. mitis; grows Carolina to Florida • 'P. resinosa. Red Pine. Massachusetts to Wisconsin. A tree fitly to eighty feet high, with reddish bark, g owing from Pennsylvania northward through Canada and Nova Scotia, also in Wisconsin, and Michigan. The wood is
compact, strong and durable, and for some uses is prefer able to the white pine. It is also an excellent ornamental tree.
P. Eltiotlii. Elliott's Pine. Sonth Carolina and south ward.
P. pungens. Table Mountain Pine. This species grows on the Allegheny mountains from Pennsylvania south ward ; abundant in some parts of Virginia and North Carolina. A tree of forty or fifty feet height, and of very vigorous and rapid growth.
F. murieata. Bishop's Pine. California. A small tree thirty to forty 0-et high; grows near the coast north and sputh of Sau Francisco, and in other localities in that State.
P. edults. Pinon NutPlne. Rocky Mountains. A low tree with a spreading habit, growing in Colorado and ttab, and in New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. It is universally known by the Mexican name of Piflou. It hes an edible nut, which is much used as food by the Indians, and the wood is rich in resin, making it excellent fuel.
P. m000nhylla. Nut Pine. Sierra Nevada mountains. This species is almost limited to the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, et altitudes of 2.000 to 6,000 feet. It is a small tree of twenty to forty feet height. The seeds are eagerly collected fob food by the Washoe end other Indians. The wood is excellent fuel.
P. Parryana. Nut Pine. Near the Mexican border southwest.
P. ponderosa. Yellow Pine. Rocky Mountains. A very variable pine; several of ita extreme forms have been considered different species. It occurs in Colorado, . Utah, and the Black Hills of Dakota. It is remarkable, for its heavy wood, which makes excellent lumber. It is generally called Yellow Pine.
P. ponderosa, var. Benthamiana, Hart. Sappy Pine. California. This variety grows in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in damp valleys, and near streams. It is gen erally slender andtall, with low limbs, black bark, and sappy, tough wood. Used for building timber, flooring, etc. It has several names, as Swamp Pine, Sappy Pine, Black Pine, and Bull Pine.