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or east ; but the finest specimen I have seen, and 

 from which these notes were compiled, was growing 

 in damp alluvial deposit and within sea influence. 

 Both this species and the variety have attained 

 to large dimensions at Penrhyn Castle, North 

 Wales. The collection of coniferous trees in the 

 park at Penrhyn is particularly rich, including 

 large specimens of Cunninghamia sinensis (now 

 removed), Cephalotaxus pedunculata fastigiata, as 

 well as many of the rarer species of Abies, Picea, 

 and Finns, It had attained to a height of 58 feet 

 in thirty-two years, and contained fully 37 feet 

 of timber. On several occasions I have examined 

 home-grown timber of the tree in question, but 

 it was soft, and did not last long when used out 

 of doors. 



A. WEBBIANA PiNDROW, Bfundis. (Synonyms : 

 Abies Pindrow, Spach ; Picea Pindrow, Royle ; 

 Pinus Pindrow, Royle ; Picea Pindrow, Loudon,) 

 Eastern Himalayas. 1837. — This cannot be in- 

 cluded as a perfectly hardy tree, for even in warm 

 situations by the sea-coast it not unfrequently 

 wears anything but a robust and healthy appear- 

 ance. The stem is tall and straight, with short, 

 spreading branches, and leaves that are very 

 variable both in size and arrangement. In adult 

 trees the leaves are arranged in two rows, and are 

 from 2 J to 2 J inches long, while on young specimens 

 they are thickly and regularly disposed on all the 

 branches, and about i inch long. They are usually 

 bifid, blackish green above, and with two greyish 

 white lines beneath. Cones usually oval, ^^ inches 

 long by 2| inches diameter, and for the greater 

 part produced singly on the three top tiers of 



