NEW AND RARE CONIFER AT PENRHYN CASTLE. 65 
PINUS PINASTER. 
Feet. Inches. 
Height of tree, . : - ‘ 62 0 
Girth of stem at 1 fae up, . : : 12 0 
Girth of stem at 5 feet up, . : : 12 0 
Diameter of spread of branches, . : 42 0 
This tree prefers an open and airy situation, and in the vicinity 
of the sea, where the temperature is to some extent equalised, it 
attains large dimensions. Planted among other trees, it has a 
tendency to grow crooked, produce large side-limbs, and if at all 
crowded, loses the foliage to near the top. The wood of the tree 
is soft, and of little value. Our largest tree, which stands in 
the flower garden, produces annually a large quantity of cones, 
from the seeds of which we have raised several lots of fine healthy 
plants, much more hardy, I have no doubt, than those raised from 
imported seeds. In raising this pine one thing should be par- 
ticularly attended to—viz., that the young plants, if allowed to 
remain long in the nursery lines, must be frequently transplanted, 
as neglect of this generally proves fatal to the tree when planted 
out permanently. Introduced in 1596 from Southern Europe. 
SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS. 
Feet. Inches. 
No. 1.—Height of tree, . ‘ : : 56 0 
Girth of stem at 1 fae. Ups . F 12 2 
Girth of stem at 5 feet up, . ; : 9 2 
Diameter of spread of branches, . : 30 0 
No. 2.—Height of tree, . 5 : ; ‘ 64 0 
Girth of stem at 1 foot up, . : : 8 2 
Girth of stem at 5 feet up, . : - 6 7 
Diameter of spread of branches, . - 24 0 
No. 1 occupies a sheltered position within a few yards of the 
carriage drive leading from Penrhyn Castle to the model village 
of Llandegai. It is a beautiful specimen, richly clothed with 
glaucous green foliage from the ground upwards, but unfortun- 
ately during a severe storm, some five years ago, the leader was 
broken over, which is, however, being gradually replaced by a 
side branch. 
No. 2 stands at a short distance from the above, on the sloping 
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