32 PINES 



nature. Thus they more than justify their existence 

 in the land of their origin, if they are a little reluctant 

 in their efforts to carry on that existence here. 



The identification of the only one-leaved and the 

 only four-leaved Pine — and accordingly called " Mo- 

 no " and " Quadri," " phylla " and " folia "—requires 

 no inspired genius to distinguish, and the easiest way, 

 if rare occasions demanded, to differentiate the two- 

 leaved Edulis and the three-leaved Cembroides is to 

 engrave upon the tablets of your memory that they 

 are the only two- or three-leaved Pines that have the 

 rosette-like leaf sheaths, described in the cases of 

 the five-leaved Fox-tail Pines. 



PSEUDO-STROBUS GROUP OF PINES 

 P. Montezuma, Hartwegii, Pseudo-Strobus, 



TORREYANA 



Lo, all the stately progeny of Pines 



Come with their floating foUage, richly decked 



To fill that void, 



W. Mason, The English Garden. 



Pseudo-Strobus is the rather unedifying name given 

 to this group. While they are hard-wood, the true 

 Strobi are soft-wood Pines ; and herein must con- 

 stitute the falsity that Pseudo spells and implies, 

 while a more outward resemblance to the distinctive 

 features of the true Strobi must be accountable for 

 the cognomen of their coterie. The difference be- 

 tween these two differently wooded Conifers is 

 explained in the glossary, and alluded to in previous 

 pages on Pines generally. 



The first three come from Mexico, and the last- 

 named, the Torre yana, hails from California. Mexico 

 may be in theory a Paradise for the botanist and tree 

 lover, but several circumstances seem at present to 

 militate against a prospect of any inundation of 



