KAURI PINS  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, Agathis australis, a conifer native of New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand where it is abundant in forests in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island between the North Cape and 38° See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude . The forests are rapidly disappearing owing to use as See also:

• TIMBER

timber and to destruction by fires . It is a tall resirtlferous See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, usually ranging from 8o to Too ft. in height, with a See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk 4 to 10 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, but reaching 150 ft., with a diameter of 15 to 22 ft.; it has a straight columnar trunk and a rounded bushy See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . The thick resiniferous bark falls off in large See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat flakes . The leaves, which persist for several years, are very thick and leathery; on See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young trees they are See also:

• LANCE

lance-shaped 2 to 4 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and a to z in. broad, becoming on mature trees linear-oblong or obovate-oblong and a to 11 in. long . The ripe cones are almost spherical, erect, and 2 to 3 in. in diameter; the broad, flat, rather thin See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone-scales fall from the See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis when ripe . Each See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale bears a single compressed See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed with a membranous wing . The timber is remarkable for its strength, durability and the ease with which it is worked . The See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin, kauri- See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum, is an See also:

• AMBER

amber-like See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit dug in large quantities from the sites of previous forests, in lumps generally varying in See also:

• SIZE

size from that of a See also:

• HEN

hen's See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg to that of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's head . The See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown or amber yellow, or it may be almost colourless and translucent . It is of value for varMshmaking .