PINUS 147 



on the main stem. Otherwise young specimens of these 

 two varieties are somewhat alike. 



This form has been cultivated for many years in Antony 

 Waterer's Nursery at Knap Hill, Woking, and is probably 

 the form sent out by that nursery as early as 1875 as var. 

 pumila, but var. pumila, Hort (q.v.), is of stronger and 

 more open growth. I have a specimen about 3 feet high. 



P. sylvestris, var. pyramidalis compacta. 



Buds. — Stout, oval; conical; | to J inch; red-brown; very 

 resinous. 



Branches. — Main stem very thick and stout; branches 

 few and ascending. 



Branchlets. — All ascending at a very narrow angle, those 

 around main stem almost appressed to it; annual growth 

 about 2 inches; stout; oak-brown. 



Leaves. — Wide — about xV inch, and about | inch to 

 1 J inches long; stout; shining dark green; compressed and 

 mostly incurving to the branchlets, and densely crowded, 

 not only all up the branchlets, but also up the main stem 

 — in the latter case the leaves are unusually stout and long, 

 and persist for four or five years. 



A very distinct narrow pyramidal form originating in 

 the nurseries of Simon-Louis Freres of Metz. I have a 

 specimen about 3 feet 6 inches high by about 2 feet 6 inches 

 at the base. 



P. sylvestris, var. aurea, Kent. 



Buds. — J to I inch; oval; pointed; scale- tips appressed; 

 dark crimson-brown; very resinous. 



Branchlets. — Annual growth I inch to 2 inches; Ught 

 shiny yellow. 



Leaves. — In twos; stiff, twisted points, usually curved; 

 margins serrulate, | inch to IJ inches; sharp-pointed; 

 bright golden-yellow in winter, green in summer. Leaf- 

 sheath about i inch; dark brown. 



Ultimately a good-sized bushy tree, but of very slow 

 growth. Turns a wonderful bright clear yellow in winter. 



