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posed of hard, brown, widely wedge-shaped scales. 

 Two seeds are contained beneath each scale, these 

 being three-eighths of an inch long with a broad 

 wing of the same length, 2800 being included in 

 I lb. weight. The bark is of a light greyish green 

 colour. In early spring the beautiful yellow male 

 catkins render the tree highly conspicuous. I have 

 seen beautiful examples of this pine in the north 

 of Ireland, where they were growing fully exposed 

 on light gravelly loam. 



P. PATULA, SchlecMendal et Chamisso. Mexico. 

 A soft and lovely tree, quite wanting in stiffness 

 or formality, the long and gracefully pendulous 

 foliage rendering it distinct from every other 

 member of the family. It cannot be planted whole- 

 sale, as the experience of past winters has convinced 

 us that, unless in the milder parts of these islands, 

 its hardihood cannot be relied upon. Usually the 

 branches ramify much, the branchlets being long 

 and lithe, but even this does not cause the stem 

 to look naked or bare, as the long, soft, delicately 

 green leaves hang gracefully downwards for from 

 8 to 12 inches in length. The arrangement of the 

 leaves is usually irregular, sometimes three and 

 sometimes four being contained in one sheath. 

 I have noticed that on the outer or exposed sides 

 of the shoots the leaves are usually in three, while 

 on the inner they are in fours. The cones, which 

 closely resemble those of the Austrian Pine, are 

 generally arranged in whorls of four, are 2 J inches 

 long by I J inches diameter, incurved, and usually 

 pointing downwards. The bark of the branches 

 is fawn colour, that of the stem leaden grey ; 

 while an unusual appearance is presented in spring 



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