22bO AKBOUETt'.M AND fUUTlCli lU.M. TAKT III. 



t is 20 ft. high; at Claremont, it is S4ft. hiph, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8iu., ami of the head 

 7 ft. In BetiforJshire, at Woburn Abbey, ilo years plaiiteil, it is 2-2 ft. high. In Borksliire, at Dittoii 

 Park, 35 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, 

 it is i-'O fl.'high. In Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 8 years planted, it is 6 ft. high. In Her'llordshire, at 

 Cashiobury, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Cheshunt, 10 years planteil, it is 14 ft. high. In 

 Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Staflbrdshire, at 

 Trentham, 26 years planted, it is 2311:. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, '3U years planted, it is 

 45 ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Gledhow, 35 fl. high. 



Vinus Cembra in Sru/laui/. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 5 years planted, it is 3 ft. 6 in. high. 

 In Fileshire, at Balcarras, it is 30 ft. high, and ripened seed in 1833, from which young plants have 

 been raised. 



Plnus Cembra in Ireland. At Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 

 IR ft. high ; at Terenure, 15 years jjlanted, it is 9. ft. high. In Antrim, at Cranniore, it is 24 tt. high. 

 In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 30 years planted, it is 54 ft. Iiigh. 



Vtniis Cembra in Foreif^n Countries. In France, near Paris, at Scdaux, 10 years planted, it is 

 18 ft high. In Hanover, at Schwobber, it is SOft. high; in the Gcittingcn Botanic Garden, 10 

 years planted, it is 10ft. high. ' In Saxony, at Worlitz, 50 years planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Cassel, 

 at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it has a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans 

 Souci, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. 



CominiTcial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 2s. 6d. each ; 

 at Bolhvyller, 2 francs each ; and at New York, 2 dollara. 



§ XV. Strdbi. 



Sect. Char. Leaves rather longer than in Ccmbrce. Cones with the scales 

 not thickened at the apex, pendulous, and much longer than the leaves. 



i 39. P. 5tro^bus L. The Strobus, or Weymouth, Pine. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1419., Syst., ed. Reich., 4. p. 174. ; Mill. Diet., No. 13.; Hunt. Evel. 



Svl., p. 2fi3. ; Wang. Beyt., 1. 1. 1.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 369. ; Du Rol Haibk , ed. Pott., 2. 



p.'78. ; Marsh. Arb. Amer., p. 101. ; Poir. Diet., 5. p. 341. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 32. ; N. Du 



Ham., ,?. p.249. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sei)t., 2. p. C44. ; Hayne Dend., p. 176. ; Lawson's Manual, 



p. 360. ; Bon Jard., p. 977. ; Lodd. C.it., ed, 1833. 

 Synonymes. P. fbliis quinis, &c., Grun. Virg., 2. p. 152. ; P. canadtnsis quinquef6lia Du Ham. 



Arb., 2. p. 127. ; P. virginiana Pink. Aim., p. 1:97. ; Lkuyi canadensis Tourn. Inst., p. 586. ; New 



England Pine, white Pine, Pumpkin Pine, Apple Pine, Sapling Pine, Amer. ; Pin du Lord, Pin 



du Lord Wevmouth, Fr. 

 Engravings. Wang. Beyt., 1. t. 1. f. 1. ; Lam. lUust., t. 786. f. 3. ; Lamb. Pin., cd. 2., 1. t. .^2. ; 



Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 145. ; N. Du Ham., 5. t. 76. ; our figs. 2193. to 2195., from specimens 



from Whitton, and the plate of the tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves slender, without sheatlis. Male catkins small. 

 Cone cylindrical, long, and pendulous. {Michx.) Buds from y^ in. 

 to i in. long, and from yV'"* ^^ t%"^"- hroad ; ovate, pointed, and 

 slightly resinous ; surrounded by one or two small buds. (Sec^f^. 

 2193.) Leaves from 3 in. to 3^ in. long. Cone (see j%. 2195.) from 

 Sin. to 6 in. long, and from Hin. to 1^ in. broad, on a peduncle 

 I in. long; scales (.see fg. 2194.) li in. long, and from f in. to |^in. 

 broad. Seed A^ in. long, and Jj in. broad ; obovate, pointed below, 

 with a wing which, including the seed, is about 1 in. long, and J in. 

 broad, in the widest part. Cotyledons 6 to 10. A native of North 

 America. Introduced in 1703; and flowering in April. 2193 



Vanetirs. 



1 P. 5. 2 idbn Hort. has the leaves and bark much whiter than the 



species. There is a plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 



which, in 1837, after being 12 years planted, was 20 ft. high. 

 1 P. S. 3 hvctnj'olia Hort. has shorter leaves. 

 I P. .V. 4 coi/ijjrcs.Ha Booth; P. S. nova Lodd. Cat., ed. 183G; Floetbeck 



Weymouth Pine. — Also much shorter in the leaf, and probably the 



same as /■*. S. brevifolia. 



Description. A tall tree, which, in America, according to Michaux, varies 

 in heiglit from 100 ft. to 180 ft., with a straight trunk, from about 4 ft. to 6 ft. 

 or 7 ft. in diameter. The trunk is generally free from branches for two thirds 

 or three fourths of it.'5 height ; the branches are .short, and in whorls, or 

 disposed in stages one above another, nearly to the top, which consists of 

 tiirec or four upright branches, forming a small conical head. Li rich strong 

 li>ams, the tree does not grow so high, and assumes a more spreading shape; 

 but it is still taller and more vigorous than most of the trees by which it is 

 surrounded. The bark, on joung trees, is smooth, and even polished ; but. 



