. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . XVI. 403. And others. P. Cembra pygmtea, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. IV. 2276. P. jtumila, Mayr, Abiet. des Ja])aniselieu Reiibes. SO. P. Mai:d&churioa, Laws. Beissuer, P. Cembra Maudseiauica, Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 390 (not Kegel). The gco^iaphical ilistribution of Fints Cnnhru is very extensive ;in iiorlhern Asia it is .said to spread from tlio Fral mou
. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . XVI. 403. And others. P. Cembra pygmtea, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. IV. 2276. P. jtumila, Mayr, Abiet. des Ja])aniselieu Reiibes. SO. P. Mai:d&churioa, Laws. Beissuer, P. Cembra Maudseiauica, Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 390 (not Kegel). The gco^iaphical ilistribution of Fints Cnnhru is very extensive ;in iiorlhern Asia it is .said to spread from tlio Fral mountains toKanitschatka, havin*^ its nortliern limit near tlio Arctic Circle andits southern the Altai mountains ; throughout lliis vast region it isti tree botli of tlie plains and mountains, in i)laces ascending to 2^500 :i,000 feet. In Kurope it grows sjxintancously only on the Carpathian mountains and the Aljts ; on the former, where its. Pinus Cernhra in the valley of Turtmann. (From the Gardeners Chronicle.) 320 PINUS distviliuliuu is iiiiK-h restricted, its vertical range is fru!u 3,~»00 to5,000 feet, and on the latter from 4,000 to 6,000 feet al»ove sea-level ; its western limit is on the Vosoes of Dauphint in France,where it is (luite rare. lu the valleys of the lii^hcr \l\)> Piini^ (Iluhra was foriaerly veryabmulaiit, hut it is yearly decreasing and lieconiing more and morerare ; it is nnw seldom seen in forests ; it is even rare to seewell-shaped iiulividual trees. Being the oidy tree lapalile of livingat so high an elevation, the herdsmen have no otiier tirewood, and inorder to extend the iiasturage for their milk industry they havedestroyed whole forests, and young trees when they spring up areeaten by sheej) and goats. In several of tlie cantons, the Cem1)raforests have already disai)[)eared, whilst in others the government hasbeen obliged to take steps to paevent their total destruction. In t
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