. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 191 Among the Pinacese are some of our most valuable timber trees; e. g., cedar, arbor-vitse, spruce, fir, hemlock, and redwood. The resin from various pines when distilled yields spirits of turpentine and rosin; when dry-distilled, it yields tar. Venice turpentine is the resinous exudation of European larches; Canada balsam that of Abie^i balsamea. Dammar resin is from the \ \\ Malayan Agath. 29
. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 191 Among the Pinacese are some of our most valuable timber trees; e. g., cedar, arbor-vitse, spruce, fir, hemlock, and redwood. The resin from various pines when distilled yields spirits of turpentine and rosin; when dry-distilled, it yields tar. Venice turpentine is the resinous exudation of European larches; Canada balsam that of Abie^i balsamea. Dammar resin is from the \ \\ Malayan Agath. 29. Structure in Pinacese. Lower, cone of Pseudotsuga taxifolia, with the two seeds under a scale at e. Above, staminate cone of pine, with a separate stamen at a. is the semi-fossilized resin o" Agathis australis of Australia and New Zealand. Sandarac resin is from Tetraclinis articiilata of northwestern Africa. Amber is the fossilized resin of prehistoric conifers around the Baltic. Oil of savin is from the leaves and twigs of Juniperus Sabina, and oil of cedar from Thuja occidentalis. Juniper berries, from Juniperus. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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