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P. Lambertiana, Douglas. Sugar Pine. Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon. 1827. — With its giant propor- 

 tions, distinctly glaucous green foliage, and large 

 and beautiful cones, this species must be con- 

 sidered as one of the most ornamental of the 

 genus. In England it has not usually succeeded 

 well, although there are numerous beautiful 

 specimens of it. It is of erect growth, the trunk 

 being heavy and well formed, while the branches 

 have a distinctly horizontal, or, perhaps more 

 correctly, downward tendency in growth, with the 

 tips upturned. The slender leaves, arranged five 

 in a sheath, are about 4 inches long, of a distinct 

 shade of green, and for the greater part tufted 

 near the branch tips. The cones are strikingly 

 handsome, being in home-grown specimens from 

 12 inches to 14 inches long, cylindrical, and with 

 the bracts loosely arranged. Two seeds are be- 

 neath each scale, these being three-quarters of an 

 inch long. The bark is light grey in colour, resem- 

 bling, as indeed does the whole tree, the better- 

 known P. Strobus. 



P. Laricio, Poiret. Corsican Pine. Dalmatia, 

 Servia, Thessaly, Crimea, Asia Minor, Caucasus. 

 1759. — Whether in an ornamental or an economic 

 sense this must be considered one of the most 

 valuable of all the pines that are cultivated in this 

 country. It is of rapid growth, succeeds well in 

 many classes of soils, even in that of gravelly com- 

 position, and produces a large quantity of excellent 

 timber. In point of ornament this pine occupies 

 a front rank, the finely rounded and perfectly 

 straight trunk and thickly clothed branches being 

 different to almost every other species. The 



