CHAP. CXIII. 



CONI'FER^. Pl^NUS. 



2213 



rence, a ship of 50 or 60 guns, built by the French at Quebec, was made of 

 it. The timber of this pine is sent to England, from the district of Maine and 

 the shores of Lake Champlain. As an ornamental tree, this species is well 

 deserving of cultivation. The price of plants, at New York, is 30 cents each. 



App. i. Doubtful Species, apparently belonging to § Laricio. 



p. canadensis bifolia, fbliis brevioribus et tcnuiiiibus, Du Ham. 

 Arb., ii. p. 126. ; P. resinbsa N. Du Ham., v. p. 237. t. 77. f. 2. ; 



and our fig. 2098. to our usual scale, ar\A fig. 2099. of the natural 

 size, both from the Nouveau Du Hamel. Leaves in pairs, or 

 three in a sheath, slender. Cones conical, erect, in twos, threes, 



or fours, and sometimes in clusters ; not half the length of 



the leaves ; having their scales convex on the back, scarcely ' 



angular, depressed and umbilicate at the summit. {Lois. Des- ' 



longchamps.) There was, in 1812, a tree of this species grow- 

 ing in the garden of the Veterinary School at Alfort, about two 



leagues from Paris, which Loiseleur Deslongchamps states 



that he had known for more than SO years, and which was not 



then more than 12 ft. high. The trunk is divided near the base 



into three large limbs, which rise obliquely, and are subdivided 



into numerous small branches, so as to form a large round bush. 



The trunk and limbs are covered with a rough cracked bark of a 



reddish brown ; while the younger branches have agreyish bark, 



tolerably smooth. The leaves are in pairs or threes ; they are slender, from Sin. to 6in. long, and 



are disposed in tufts at the extremity of the branches, or near the clusters of cones ; leaving at least 



half or two thirds of each branch quite bare. The tree at Alfort does not appear to have borne any 



male catkins ; but the female 



ones are numerous: they are oval, 



reddish, and disposed in groups 



or clusters, of from 2 or 3 to 6 or 



10, or even more, together. The 



female catkins stand straight out 



when in flower, and retain the 



same direction when in fruit 



They ripen the second year, but 



remain on the tree for 4 years or 



more. Theyareabout 2 in. long. 



and 1| in. in diameter at the base, 



terminating in a sharp point; of 



a bright cinnamon-red colour; 



the swollen part of the scales is 



convex, a little angular, and de- 

 pressed in the centre, where it is 



of a greyish colour. The seeds 



are nearly white, and much 



larger than those of P. Laricio. 



The wing, which is of the same 



colour, is |in. or more in length. 



The only specimen of this pine 



which Loiseleur Deslongchamps 



had met with in France was that 



above described at Alfort, where k^ 



it was under the name of P. hale- \ "^ 



p^nsis, though it differed mate- 

 rially from that species in various 



points, and particularly in having 



its cones pointing horizontal- 

 ly, instead of downwards. Du 



Hamel, in his Traiti dcs Arbres, 



&c., published in 1755, gives a 



description of this species, which 



he says he received from M. 



Gaultier of Quebec. He calls it P. canadensis bifbUa, fbliis brevioribus et tenui6ribus, le petit 



pin rouge de Canada ; in opposition to P. canadiJnsis bifulia, cbnis mfediis ovXtis, le pin rouge de Ca- 

 nada, also received from M. Gaultier, and which is evidently the same as the P. ribra of Michaux, 



P. resinbsa Ait. ; as Du Hamel expressly mentions that its timber was used for the mainmast of the 



St. Lawrence ; a fact also stated by Michaux. (See p. 2212.) He states that this pine was eaid to grow 



near Montreal, on the banks of the St. Lawrence. 



§ iii. Vinaster. 



Sect. Char. Leaves long, straight, and stiff, comparatively broad. Cones 

 large, with rhoniboidal, pyramidal terminations, pointed. Buds blunt- 

 pointed, imbricated, with the scales turned back, woolly, and wholly 

 without resin. 



i 12. P. Pina'ster Ait. The Pinaster, or Cluster, Pine. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1., 3. p. 367. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 0. ; Mart. Mill., No. 2. ; I.awson's 

 Manual, p. 341.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Hayne Dend,, p. 172. 



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