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AIJBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PAUT III 



are maleplants. 

 These and the 

 j)lants of Mr. 

 Douglas have 

 been carefully 

 compared with 

 European ones 

 found growing 

 on the J^unipe- 

 rus Oxycedrus, 

 some from the 

 south of France 

 (in Languedoc, 

 gathered by M. 

 Bory de Saint 

 Vincent), and 

 others froniMt. 

 Caucasus, com- 

 municated to 

 me by Mr.Pres- 

 cott,and I must 

 confess, I can- 

 not perceive any 

 specific difter- 

 euce in them 

 whatever. In 

 general, but not 

 always, those 

 from the old 

 world are ei- 

 ther greener or 

 blacker when 

 dry ; and the 

 American more 

 yel!ow."( Hook. 

 Fl. Bor. Amer., 

 i. p. 278.) Pi- 

 nus ponderosa, 

 which is, per- 

 haps, more har- 

 dy than the pi- 

 naster, and is 

 of equally rapid 



growth, has a noble appearance, even when a young tree ; and, together 

 with P. Sabinia?2a and P. Coulten, equally noble trees, and apparently as 

 hardy and of as rapid growth, well deserves a place in every pinetum. 

 Price of the plants, in the London nurseries, 2\s. each. 



B, Cones having the Scales hooked. 



§ vii. Sdbin'ikuad. 

 Seel. Char. Cones large, with the apex of the scales elongated and hooked. 



I 20. P. SABiN/.-i NA Douglas. Sabine's, or the great prickly-coned. Pine. 



JUeiUificalion. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 80. ; Lawson's Manual, 11.35.'!. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Ennraviniis. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., '2. t. 80. ; our Jij'. 2142., to our usual scale; auAJins. 2138. to 2140., 

 oCthe iialural size, from the tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and Lambert 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in threes, very long. Cones ovate, cchinate, very large. 

 Scales long, awl-shaped, incurved, and spiny at the apex. {Lamb. Pin.) Buds, 



