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and never been quite so worked up by nurserymen 

 to the extent that it deserves. 



An answer to these inquiries may perhaps be found 

 in the tale told of its history. Dr. Bunge, a Russian, 

 discovered it in 1836. Robert Fortune sent its seeds 

 here in 1846, and their results to-da}' may be prac- 

 tically computed at nil, or next to nil. Since when, 

 Wilson has walked into a goodly company of them 

 in Central China, and some day perhaps, at too great 

 a distance of time for most of us, our children and 

 grandchildren may be gladdened by a sight that it 

 was not our lot to see. 



One more word upon them : the Bungeana and 

 Gerardiana have been called at times " the Lace 

 Bark Pine," and Elwes and Henry have entered an 

 objection to this designation on the score of inappro- 

 priateness. It would be only the masterful mind 

 of a bold man who would dare gainsay what this 

 formidable duet of able men have laid down, and in 

 this case, if anyone were to try it on, his position 

 would be particularly untenable. It is a name that 

 at best can conve}^ but an indistinct idea of appear- 

 ance to most. There are so man}^ different kinds of 

 laces of so many different hues, ranging in colour 

 from dull ivory to alabaster white. There are so 

 many different kinds of laces — ^we would plaintively 

 plead — from so many different countries and places, 

 from Flanders, France, Alengon, Ireland, etc., and 

 so few^ tree students who possess the remotest ideas 

 of their differences. We are grateful that Elwes 

 and Henry have protested against the inappropri- 

 ateness of the name, and afforded us protection from 

 the confusion that such a misnomer might have 

 created in our more inerudite ranks. 



P. Gerardiana. — This is another of those Pines that 

 a rare sight of is all you can hope to obtain. It has 



