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common tree. Possibly the l)est example in tlie country is grow- 

 ing in Miss Talbot's garden at Margam, S. Wales; it exceeds 

 70 feet in lieiglit and is 10 feet 1 incli in girth at breast liigh. 

 Under favourable conditions in its native country it is said to 

 attain a lieiglit of 80 feet with a girth of 12-14 feet, and to 

 liave an average life of 250 years. It is widely distributed 

 through the Mediterranean region from Spain to Asia Minor, 

 N. Africa and the Mediterranean Islands. In its eastern range it 

 is mixed with P. Brutia and P. Laricio, and in the west with 



the latter species and P. Pinea, 



Henry 



i.e. p. liui, It grows as a timber tree in the Balearic Isles up to 

 t>200 feet; and TOO feet higher it is a mere bush. It is found, in 

 forests of considerable extent, particularly on the Island of Iviza, 

 where it is the chief component of a forest of 16,000 acres. In 

 Cyprus it is said to be a finer tree than P. Laricio. 



It has given satisfactory results for sylvicultural purposes in 

 certain warm temperate countries wliere the rainfall is limited, 

 ns, for instance, S. Africa and Spain. H.M. Consul at Malaga, 



diplomatic and Consular Report, No. 4360," 1908, Annual 

 Series, pp. 13-14, refers to its successful planting on poor, 

 waste, sandy land on the shores of the Mediterranean to the east 

 ol Malaga 1 ear-old plants were jilanted from pots. After two 

 years m the ground they were 4 feet high; after three vears in 

 the ground they were 7 feet high and 3 inches in diameter, whilst 

 tliose that had been planted five years were from 111-13 feet 

 .A^ ^^"-^ :^r^2 inches in diameter. The rainfall for "the year 



The principal distinguisliing characters of P. halepcnsis are, 

 young shoots glaucous green; terminal buds H inch long ; leaves 



wl??„if'\ °i^l^^^. f, '^'^'1 -^^^a^li ^'lii^^ persists imtil the 



slender, dark 



or in whorls 



1908 was 8^- inches. 



narrow- 



leaves fa 1, usually at the end of the second year, 

 green, 21 _4 inches long ; cgnes solitary, in pairs, or i 



three, 2i-3 inches long, conical, b4ul at the base, nao.,.- 



1 nJ +r '?^' \ ^^'''"'t. ^^^ '-^1'^^ ^"^^^ P«'"nting towards the 



Xf ir""^ ""^ ''^^^^'^ *^^^:^ •^c^nr; they usuallv remain 



^nnd , "^'?r ' ^'r'^'' ^r ^^^''^^'^^ y'^^'^'- The timber has a 



MpIi?^ "" ^'-'^ '' ""'"^^ extensively for general work in the 



Mediterranean region. 



jP. Laricio, /'o/ref.— Corsican Pine. 



Sni n%rFr'^ n'* 'P^"^' i' ^'^^^'^y distributed in S. Europe from 

 bpam to the Crimea and Caucasus nr^.l it. a.,-, ^r; , +,. +t,. 



Minor to the 



T-miii^ \r^,„.+ • -" ""^ v....x..aou;, uuu m Asia Minor to tne 

 in WM 3*'-'"r{ V" ''l"'%^ P"^^ ^^'^^ in habit, particularly 



there tp .p. '^ r r ^'/^>' °^ ^^'^ ^'^'''^^' ^^'^ l^^f 4'stems, and 

 Tiiere aie several distinct vaript a« Ti.^ j-..,.,-„.i r^i^.-/ . 



is 



r20'H0T;'^-'^^f'^l7'™J^^^- "^^^ ^yV^^^ Corsican Jree 



,!:r:r ^f^^}"^ ^^^^S^^ ^-^tl^ ^^ jrirth of' from 12-20 feet. 



Yountr ifppc ,'« +1 • ^^^T ^'" '' ^"^n or trom VZ-'^{} feet. 

 whoS? of b -.r 1 "^-Ti *'^ ""'^ ^^^^^^^y ^'^^y «tr«i??^it with the 

 Whes beiu ^^^tt ;-<l"ly separated, often 11-2 fe?t apart, the 



'ivinf thr rl.Tf l^ ■^l'"'^'^^' '^"^^ comparatively short, 



SO 



old 



