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lina, which is covered to the distance of five or six mileswith loblolly pines.” ( Michx .) P. Tse' da was intro-duced into England before 1713, by Bishop Compton ;and there are fine specimens of the tree at Syon, Kew,and more especially at Pain’s Hill. Of one of the treesat Syon, and of one of those at Pain’s Hill (the latter,doubtless, the handsomest tree of the species in Eu-rope ), portraits are given in our last Volume. As seedsare easdy procured from New York , the species is notuncommon in the London nurseries; and it is more fre-quent in collections than most other American pines. Itgrows freely in the neighbourhood of Paris , and ripenscones there ; it also stands the open air in the south ofGermany , and as far north as Berlin.

Properties and Uses. The wood, as already observed,is porous, and not very durable; though the fineness ofits grain, and consequently its durability, vary accord-ing to the soil on which it is grown. In some parts ofVirginia, three fourths of the houses are built with logsof this pine; and it is there even used for laying theground floors, instead of the yellow pine (P. mitis).

These floors are formed of boards only 4 in. wide; and,though they are strongly nailed, they soon shrink, andbecome uneven; a result which does not take place whenthe long-leaved pine (P. australis ) is used; the concen-tric circles of which, Michaux observes, are twelvetimes as numerous in the same space as those of P.

Tfe'da. On the whole, the wood of this latter tree islittle esteemed in America for its timber; but it affordsturpentine in abundance, though in a less fluid statethan that of the long-leaved pine. Michaux suggests the idea of trying it alongwith the pinaster on the plains of Bordeaux, and employing it for the samepurposes as that tree.

Statistics. There is a tree at Syon 75 ft. high ; one at Kew between 40ft, and 50ft. high t some atWhitton, 60 ft. high ; and a number at Pain’s Hill, 60 ft. to 70 ft. high : at Dropmore, it is 38 ft. high.Price of cones, in London , Is. per quart: and of plants, 5s. each : at Bollwyller, plants are 2 francseach.

1 17. P. ri'gida Mill, The rigid, or Pitch , Pine .

Identification. Mill. Diet. , No. 10.; Du Roi Harbk., 2. p. 60. j Wang. Beyt., p. 41.: Marshall Arb.Amer., p. 101. j Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1.16,17.; Michx. N. Amer. Syi.» 3. p. 15G.; rursh FI. Amer.Sept., 2. p. 643. ; Hayne Dend., p. 174. ; Lawson’s Manual, p. 352. ; N. jju Ham., p. 244.; BonJard., 1837, p. 975.; Lorid. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Synonymes. P. Ta'da rigida fi Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 368., Willd. Berol. Bautnz ., p.210. j P. cana-d^nsis trlfblia Du Ham. Arb., '2. p. 126.; ? P. Tae'da a. Pair. Dict. t 5. p. 340.; ? three-leavedVirginian Pine, Sap Pine, black Pine ; Pin h^risse, Pin rude, Fr.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1.16,17. ; N. Du Hacn., 5. t. 74.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., voL 3.1.144.; our fig. 2126., to our usual scale; and figs. 2123. to 2125., of the natural size, from Drop-more specimens.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in threes. Cones ovate-oblong, in threes orfours, much shorter than the leaves; their scales terminated by arough thorny point. Male catkins elongated, with the crest of theanthers dilated, and roundish. (Lois.) Buds, on young trees (see fig.2123.), from | in. to fin long, in. broad, pointed, brown, andcovered with resin; on the full-grown trees at Dropmore as in fig.

2125. Leaves (see fig. 2124.) from 3J in. to 4^ in. long; sheathfin. long, white at first, and afterwards becoming darker, butscarcely black. Cones from 2^ in. to 3 in. long, and from 1} in. to1Jin.broad; scales 1A in. long, terminating in depressed quadrilateralpyramids, ending in a prickle, pointing outwards. Seed little morethan f in. long; but, with the wing, from fin. to fin. long. Cotyledons,?Variety. According to Mr. Lambert, P. T. olopecuroidea Ait. is a variety ofP■ rigida, characterised by its much shorter and stouter leaves, and itsovate-oblong, much narrower, and aggregated cones. (Lamb. Pin., ed. 2.,no. 17.) 7 K

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