2192 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



viousl}' to 1735 (see p. 70.). Mr. Lambert, writing in 1804-, says that he then 

 only knew of three trees of P. Banks/«7ia in England that were of any size ; 

 viz., the one at Pain's Hill we have just mentioned, one at Kew, and another 

 at Croonie. The first is probably no longer in existence, because a party 

 of four, of which we were one, searched a whole day for it in vain, in the 

 grounds at Pain's Hill, on July 22. 1837 ; that at Kew is no more ; and that at 

 Croome, if it still exists, is not known to the gardener there. The handsomest 

 tree that we know of P. Banksi«7ifl in England is that at Dropmore, of which 

 Jig. 2067. is a portrait to a scale of 1 in. to 8 ft. ; and which was, in August, 

 1837, 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 18 in., and that of the space 

 covered by the branches 2-tft. It is a most elegant tree, well characterised 

 by Dr. Richardson as having long, spreading, flexible branches. It bears 

 abundance of cones, which remain on the trees for several years, and give the 

 branches a singular appearance. There is a tree of this species 30 ft. high at 

 White Knights, but it has not assumed so elegant a shape as that at Drop- 

 more. There is a plant of it at Messrs. Loddiges's, 3 ft. 6 in. high ; and one 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 3 ft. high. The only one that we have 

 heard of in France is in the Jardin des Plantes, where, in 1837, it was 4 ft. 

 hifh. The species is rather scarce in British nurseries. 



Properties and Uses. Dr. Richardson mentions that the Canada porcu- 

 pine feeds on the bark of this tree, and that the wood, from its lightness, and 

 the straightness and toughness of its fibres, is much prjzed for canoe timbers. 

 Titus Smith says that, on the shallow soils in the neighbourhood of Halifax, 

 if not consumed by fires, it produces timber of a useful size. Michaux 

 informs us that the Canadians find a speedy cure for obstinate colds, from a 

 diet drink made by boiling the cones of P. Banksirt«a in water; and this is all, 

 he says, that the tree is good for. As an ornamental tree, we think it one 

 of the most interesting of the genus, from the graceful manner in which it 

 throws about its long, flexible, twisted branches, which are generally covered 

 throughout their whole length with twisted glaucous green leaves, with here 

 and there a whorl of curiously hooked horn-like cones. It is one of the 

 hardiest of the^bietinae ; enduring, in the Floetbeck Nurseries, 12° of Reau- 

 mur (5° Fahr.) ; and, therefore, it may be safely planted in pinetums in the 

 extreme north, not only of Britain, but of Europe. 



Soil, Propagation, Culture, Sfc. (See p. 2127.) Plants are raised from 

 imported seeds, when these can be procured ; but the species may be 

 inarched, or grafted in the herbaceous manner, on P. sylvestris. (See 

 p. 2129.) In the herbarium of the Horticultural Society, there arc specimens 

 of P. Banksi«»2« sent home by Douglas, infested with a parasitic plant, re- 

 sembling, in its ramifications, foliage, and colour, a mistletoe in miniature. It is 

 the Arceuthobium Oxycedri Hook., and will be found figiu'ed in a future page. 



Commercial Statistics. Price, in the London nurseries, Is. 6rf. each ; at 

 BoUwyller, 2 francs. 



B. Cones large, having the Scales furnished with Prickles, 

 4. P. 1^0 PS Ait. The Jersey, or poor. Pine. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew.,C(i. 1., a p. SfiV., cd. 2., 5.p. 31G. ; Smith in Kccs's Cyclo., No. 10. ; 



Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 49fi. ; Baiimz., 20«. ; Mart. Mill., No. 3. ; Lamb. Tin., cd. 2., 1. t. 12. ; N. Du 



Ham., t. a. p. 2.m ; Michx. N. AmiT. Syl., .3. p. Iii9. ; Hayiie Deiid., No. 4. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; 



Hon Jard., 1837, p. WO. ; Lawson's Manual, p. 346. 

 Synonymes. P. virginiana Da Iloi llarhlc, ed. Pott., 2. p. 47., Mill. Dtct.,'So.9; yyam^h. Beit., 



p. 74. ; Pin chetif, Fr. 

 Engriivings. I.amh. Pin.,cd. 2., 1. t. 12. ; N. Dn Ham., t.69. f. 1. ; Miclix. N. Amer. Syl., 3. 



t. 137.; our yi^'. 2(170., to our usual scale; &nAfigs. 20()8. and 2i)69., of tlie natural size ; all 



from Dropmore specimens. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Leaves in pairs. Cones drooping oblong-conical, longer , 

 than the leaves. The scales awl-shaped, with prominent prickles. Crest 

 of the anthers short, broad, jagged. {Smith.) Bud ( fg. 2068.) from 

 ^ in. to I in. long, and ^ in. broad; cylindrical, bliuit at the point, re- 

 sinous, brown, and surrounded by three small buds. Cone(^^'. 2069.) 

 from 2 J in. to 3^ in. long, and from 1 in. to J^in. broad. Some of 

 those at Dropmore are oi'the last dimensions. Scales of a hard woody 

 texture, of a yellowish brown colour, with a sharp woody prickle pro- ^068 



