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Pinus Benthamiana Hartw. 



This was introduced as early as 1865. It is generally considered a form 

 of P. ponderosa, which was introduced the same year. 



Pinus Bungeana Zucc, 



Was first planted at Greendale in 1903. It is a native of China. Plants 

 are of a lively green, and of slow growth, but are quite healthy. 



Pinus canariensis C. Sm. 



Was introduced as early as 1865, and was growing at the Hutt, Wel- 

 lington, and Governor's Bay, Canterbury. A tree at the latter place 

 measured, in 1885, 43 ft. in height. There is a tree of this species near 

 the Museum, Christchurch, 9 ft. 9 in. in girth and 76 ft. high. During 

 the severe winter of 1889 all the examples of this species at Greendale were 

 damaged by the frost to the extent of losing all the previous summer's growth, 

 but they have since quite recovered. This pine grows much better near 

 the coast than at Greendale. 



Pinus Coulteri D. Don. 



This has the largest cones of all the pines ; the leaves also are long and 

 stout. P. Coulteri is generally adapted for conditions here, and trees of 

 the second generation have commenced to bear cones. Trees planted in 1877 

 are now upwards of 60 ft. high. 



Pinus Gerardiana Wall. 



This is a healthy but slow-growing tree here. In India its seeds are 

 valued as an article of food. Plants at Greendale are 7 ft. 6 in. high. 



Pinus Jeffrey! A. Murr. 



By some this is considered only one of the many varieties of P. 

 ponderosa, but the habit of the tree in New Zealand makes it distinct 

 enough for all forestry purposes, and it is easily recognized by any ordinary 

 observer. The cones and seeds are larger and of a different shape from 

 those of P. ponderosa; the leaves are also of a different shade. The bark, 

 too, is of a different shade, and is divided into smaller checks than that 

 species. 



Seed of this tree was early distributed in New Zealand, and trees 50 ft. 

 or 60 ft. high are not uncommon. A tree on Mr. Albert Adams's farm at 

 Sheffield measures 7 ft. 6 in. in girth. 



Pinus khasya Koyle. 



Trees of this species planted at Greendale in 1900 only lived through 

 a few winters, not being sufficiently hardy to withstand the frosts of a 

 severe season. 



Pinus longifolia Roxb. 



This was most likely introduced with other pines by the General Govern- 

 ment about 1864, when seeds were distributed by the Geological Survey 

 Department. Plants of this species are in the earliest lists of trees that I 

 have been able to discover, and were growing at several places in 1866, 

 and mentioned by Messrs. Potts, Pharazyii, Ludlam, and Mason as small 



