OF HORTICULTURE, 
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Pinus - continued. Pinus continued. N ; 
as, or Pa than, in the type. h. 60ft, to 80ft. Crimea, 1790. thick, hooked — Bark ro Bran 
Syn. P. taurica, pag scattered. h. 60ft. to Oo So age len ouse. = 
P. Loudoniana (Loudon’s). Z. in fives, 5i angu 
on the inner face. cones quite straig t, tapering hy "By — 
2 — 
SG (( 
Fic, 177. Pix us LARICIO. 
1 „A dwarf, dense bush, with all its 
Ab premon ramifications much shortened, and with the 
clustered in thlck tutte at their extremities » (Veitch). 
coe varieties of P. Laricio are: compacta, contorta, nana, and 
~N Fie. 178. BRANCH OF PINUS LONGIFOLIA, with Male Catkins. 
5 lia (long-leaved). l. in threes, 12in. to 14in. long, very 
slend > three-edged, of a bright glossy green, finely serrated, 
cones either singly or in clusters varying from three 
in regular whorls, Sin. long, and 2}in, to din. 
reumference near the base, ovate, very glossy, 
and hard; seales much thickened at the ends, fe witha — 
12in. to 14in. long, 3in, to 4in. in diameter; seeds v 
with broad wings lin. long. Branches in whorls, $ : 
8 lateral ones . slender, 3 oe me 
h. 140ft. Mexico. The timber of this tr highly esteemed. 
bein of excellent quality. Hardy in the Wet of Aae SYN. 
P. macrocarpa (large-fruited), A synonym of F. Coulteri, 
P. maritima (sea). A synonym of P, Pinaster, 
P. Massoniana (Masson's). l. deep green, twisted, ain, to bin. 
long, rounded or convex above, channelled beneath ; edges 
slightly scabrous, cones very small, 70ft. to 80ft. Japan, 
1 Closely allied to P. densiflora, 1 5 W a greater 
and 17751 spreading, and the 
J. 113, 114.) ey 
í rigid, glaucous-green, curved, 
from an to 3 cones from’ Bin. 5 Zin. long, without 
— Branches oy ae and 8 h. 20ft. to Bore. — 
ornia, small, slow w. 08, vihad lense, bush 
head. SYN. P. — ON Gms xx. 44.) ; r 
height, with branches oe me 
branchlets stouter. (S. Z. 
P. mono phytis 1 ae 
P. er ps Le fives, in. to 4in. 
rted by 1 ha ma and t 
sheaths, ‘whi sarp point bron and 7 and nearly Ain. long. cones in 
usters o 0 ther, but often nearly hori- 
sontal, 4in. to Fin. leg f tapering al both enda 
Branches few, irregular, rather stout and twisted. h. 
Faxico. Hardy in t e South and West of England. (J. H. S. i. 
slightly scabrous, 9 
ag: 5 blunt eae 
short. cones Sin. to 6in. . Bo t. "Branches 
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whorled. h. 75ft. to 100ft. ft Nori California, 
pyramidal-growi ith an erect trunk. It is closely allied 
to P. Strobus, fe e e the — are shorter, and more rigid. 
P. Mughus (Mughus). /. dark n, crowded, e short, twisted, 
about 2in. long. cones usually in pairs, s ligneous, ovoid, 
= lyin. beg — with a strong, usualy curved gine. 
es ing or erec wer generally 
decumbent. h. 5ft. to 15ft. 3 of e Europe, ie 
A densely- tree or shrub. Syns. P. carpatica and 
P. Pumilio. P. montana, by some regarded 
5 species, very nearly resembles P. Mughus. 
P. AS Knee Pine. A small form, rarely above 2ft. 
t, 
P. muricata (prickly-coned). l. bright green, pliant, crowded, 
convex on g. Sur . poar = the fags, her, bh 
with rough edges, and_shor e sheaths, 3in. 
cones clustered, about Jin. long, very dense and woody, often 
P. monticola (mountain 
as a 
— lower scales prominent, furnished with a — woody 
