. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 470 HISTORY OP THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. tree is sold in England and in America under the name of balsam, or balm of Gilcad, although. The Siivor Fir. the true balm of Gilead is produced from a totally different tree, the amyris Gileadensis. Two new species of coniferse, of more gigantic dimensions than any that have hitherto been described in
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 470 HISTORY OP THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. tree is sold in England and in America under the name of balsam, or balm of Gilcad, although. The Siivor Fir. the true balm of Gilead is produced from a totally different tree, the amyris Gileadensis. Two new species of coniferse, of more gigantic dimensions than any that have hitherto been described in Europe or America, have been found by Mr David Douglas, a most enterprizing botan- ist, vv'lio was sent out by the Horticultural Society of London in 1825, to explore the west coast of North America. He returned from that country in the autumn of 1827, bringing with him a rich addition to the known catalogue of plants. These pines are:— 1. Pinus Douglasii. This pine grows to the height of two hundred and thirty feet, and is upwards of fifty feet in circumference at the base. It has a rough corky bark, from an inch to twelve inches thick. The leaves resemble those of the spruce, and the cones are small. The timber is of good quality, and very heavy. This pine was found by Mr Douglas on the banks of the Colum- bia, where it forms extensive forests, extending from the shores of the Pacific to the Stoney Mountains. 2. Pinus Lamhertiana* Tliis species of pine was discovered in Northern California, where it is dispersed over large tracts of country, but does not form dense forests like most of the other pines. It is a very majestic tree; and one speci- men which, in consequence of its having been blown down, Mr Douglas was enabled to measure, was two hundred and fifteen feet in length, fifty- seven feet nine inches in circumference at three feet from the root, and seventeen feet five inches at one hundred and thirty-four feet. It is pro- bably the largest single mass of timber tha
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