| William Yates - 1835 - 384 páginas
...much disappointed in this tree. It is, what has commonly been designated, the White Pine : but it is of so soft and spongy a nature, as to rot in a few months, if exposed to the weather. It absorbs so much wet, that, in the damp climate of New Zealand, it is... | |
| Edward Jerningham Wakefield, John Ward - 1837 - 476 páginas
...were much disappointed in this tree. It is, what has commonly been called, the white pine ; but it is of so soft and spongy a nature, as to rot in a few months, if exposed to the weather. It absorbs so much wet, that, in the damp climate of New Zealand it is almost... | |
| John Ward - 1840 - 192 páginas
...were much disappointed in this tree. It is, what has commonly been called, the white pine ; but it is of so soft and spongy a nature, as to rot in a few months, if exposed to the weather. It absorbs so much wet, that, in the damp climate of New Zealand it is almost... | |
| John Ward, New Zealand Company - 1840 - 408 páginas
...were much disappointed in this tree. It is, what has commonly been called, the white pine ; but it is of so soft and spongy a nature, as to rot in a few months, if exposed to the weather. It absorbs so much wet, that, in the damp climate of New Zealand it is almost... | |
| New Zealand diocese - 1847 - 342 páginas
...attaining the height of 120 and 130 feet ; the diameter of such trees exceeding five feet. Excepting for common canoes, in the construction of which it...soft and spongy a nature as to rot in a few months, if exposed to the weather. The fruit of this pine is similar to that of the Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum)... | |
| 1847 - 280 páginas
...attaining the height of 120 and 130 feet ; the diameter of such trees exceeding five feet. Excepting for common canoes, in the construction of which it...seldom used, being of so soft and spongy a nature as 244 APPENDIX. to rot in a few months, if exposed to the weather. The fruit of this pine is similar... | |
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