weymouth pine การใช้
- By contrast, spruce, Douglas fir, larch, and Weymouth pine are not native to the forested mountain range.
- In Pinus strobus " is referred to as the " Weymouth Pine ", in honor of George Weymouth.
- In this role he is reputed to have introduced the Lord Weymouth Pine ( " Pinus strobus " ), in 1705 and planted it extensively on the estate at Longleat.
- A Weymouth pine, for instance, represents Maine, a palm tree represents Florida, maple trees represent Vermont, New York, Wisconsin and West Virginia, a Douglas Pine represents Oregon and a Giant Sequoia represents California.
- So in the 18th and 19th centuries, cleared land was reforested, mainly with undemanding, rapid-growing pines, which were followed in the 19th century by other non-native coniferous species such as spruce, larch, Weymouth pine and Douglas fir.
- The Lord Weymouth Pine was useful for ship masts in that it grew tall and slender, but in truth this was a bit of a cheat, in that the name really derived from George Weymouth, totally unrelated, who first discovered this pine growing in Maine.
- :The aristae of the barley, which was coming into ear, became brown and withered at their extremities, as did the leaves of the oats; the rye had the appearance of being mildewed; so that the farmers were alarmed for those crops . . . The larch, Weymouth pine, and hardy Scotch fir, had the tips of their leaves withered.