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commonest firs, but the wood is soft, and not very durable ; there 

 are the following varieties, viz. : — 



PiNUS Pinaster Hamiltonii, Tenore, Lord Aberdeen's Pine, 



Syn. Pinus Pinaster major, Du Hamel. 

 „ „ Hamiltonii, Tenore. 

 „ „ Escarena, Hort. Soc. 

 „ „ Pinaster Escarena, Loudon. 

 „ „ ,, Aberdonise, ,, 



„ „ „ altissima, Lamarck. 



Leaves, of a paler green, much broader and shorter than those 

 of the species. Cones, shorter, and more ovate. It was first 

 pointed out to the Earl of Aberdeen in 1825, by M. E.isso, at 

 Nice, where it is found sparingly on the mountains in that 

 neighbourhood, and from whence seeds were obtained by his 

 Lordship. It is a very distinct and handsome variety. 



PiNUS Pinaster Lemoniana, Loudon, Sir C. Lemon's Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Lemoniana, Bentham. 



A curious variety, differing from the species in its proliferous 

 habit, producing its cones at the extremity of the shoots, and 

 consequently has a stunted appearance, and becomes short-lived 

 on poor soils. 



Pinus Pinaster minor, Loudon, the Cortean Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus maritima minor, Du Hamel. 

 „ „ dietritis, Hort. 



This differs in having shorter leaves and smaller cones, and 

 abounds on the west coast of France, also in the neighbourhood 

 of Corte, in Corsica, where it is called as well as in France, 

 * Pin de Corte.' It is a taller tree, but with a less denser head 

 than the common Cluster Pine, and more resembling the P. 

 Laricio. 



PiNTJS Pinaster vartegata, the Variegated Cluster Pine. 

 This only differs in having one third of its leaves of a pale 



