ARBORETUM NOTES. 1IS3L 
CONTFERZE: 
will be completely extinct there (in Europe) as 
soon as the last plant of it shall have perished in 
Switzerland. 
PINUS EXCELSA.—Wallich. 
Loudon, v. 4, 2285. 
Two very fine plants in the arboretum, raised 
from seed (which) I believe was given to Lady 
Napier by Dr. Wallich, when at the Cape, and by 
her to my father) ; planted out, 1843. A smaller 
plant in the American Garden. The two large 
ones in the arboretum have a peculiar habit, 
unusual in Conifers, and correctly represented 
in Loudon’s figures 2201 and 2202; the lower 
branches are very long, drooping at their first 
departure from the trunk, and resting on the 
eround for a considerable length, only turning up 
at the ends; so that though the trunk is single, 
eae eeneral form is rather that of .a gigantic 
pyramidal bush than of a tree. The larger of them 
measures about 25 yards in circumference round 
the extremities of these branches. Each of these 
two trees bore two cones last year (1859) after the 
three successive hot summers :—the cones smaller 
than those I have received from India, but other- 
Wise agreeing. The very long and slender 
delicate, pendulous leaves of Pinus excelsa, and their 
soft pale green colour, give it a very well marked 
and peculiar character, very pretty. The leaves 
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