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cylindrical, obtuse at the point, very full of resin, pendant, and 

 resembling those of the Pinus Strobus, but three times the size. 

 Scales, thin and terminal. 



A very large tree, with horizontal, spreading branches, grow- 

 ing from 100 to 130 feet high, and very much resembling the 

 Weymouth Pine; found on the higher peaks of the moun- 

 tains about Cosiquiriachi, in North Mexico, at an elevation of 

 7,000 or 8,000 feet. 



No. 86. Pinus Strobus, Linnceus, the Weymouth Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Canadensis quinquefolia, Duhamel. 



Leaves, in fives, very slender, three or four inches long, 

 three-sided, soft, and of a light glaucous or bluish green colour, 

 marked when young with silvery channels on one side ; sheaths, 

 very short, almost wanting, and soon falling off. BrancheSji 

 short, in whorls, thinly clothed with foliage, and having a very 

 smooth shining bark. Cones, long, narrow, slightly curved, 

 cylindrical, tapering to rather a sharp point, and pendulous; 

 from five to six inches long;, and one inch and a half broad, with 

 a footstalk three quarters of an inch long. Scales, thin, smooth, 

 oblong, with the upper part thickened, six-eighths of an inch 

 broad, but diminishing in size, and more pointed towards the 

 apex, laying rather loosely over each other, and full of resinous 

 matter. Seeds, small, ovate, of a dull grey colour, and with the 

 wing one inch long. 



A tall tree, with a smooth bark, growing from 100 to 150 feet 

 high, and from four to six feet in diameter, forming a small 

 conical head, and free from branches three-fourths of its height. 



It is found on the sides of hills from Canada to Virginia, but 

 attaining the largest size in the state of Vermont and New Hamp- 

 shire, near the commencement of the river St. Lawrence. 



The timber is white, light, free from knots, and easily worked, 

 and is known as the Canadian White Pine, and Pumkin Pine. 



It derived the name of Weymouth Pine in consequence of 

 Lord Weymouth, shortly after its introduction into England in 

 1705, having had a great quantity planted at Longleat, his 

 lordship's seat in Wiltshire. There are the following varieties : — 



