146 CONIFEROUS TREES 



by the long, sharp-pointed, and fluffy buds. This 

 pine has succeeded from Edinburgh southwards, 

 but the finest specimens I have met with are those 

 in Cornwall and the Isle of Man. Both at Mena- 

 billy and Carclew, in Cornwall, many of the rarer 

 coniferous trees grow freely, and from the latter 

 estate I have been sent fruiting specimens of the 

 rare and beautiful Pinus patula. Unfortunately 

 this handsome Mexican species has suffered much 

 by the frosts of our late winters. The Carclew 

 specimen is fully 45 feet in height. 



P. PATULA MACROCARPA has distinctly larger 

 cones than the type, but otherwise the trees are 

 much alike. 



P. PEUKE, Grisehach, (Synonyms : P. excelsa. 

 Hooker ; P. excelsa pence, Beissner,) Macedonia. 

 — This might well be described as a dwarf form 

 of the better-known P. excelsa, but under cultiva- 

 tion in this country the differences between the 

 two are so well defined and constant that it is 

 preferable to consider them as specifically distinct. 

 In this country the tree is of neat form, with 

 abundant foliage, each leaf 3 inches long, the 

 pendent, quickly tapering cones being about 3 

 inches in length by ij inches diameter at thickest 

 part. From this description it will readily be per- 

 ceived that in size, length of foliage, and dimensions 

 of cones, P. peuke differs sufficiently from P. excelsa. 



P. Pinaster, Solander. Cluster Pine. (Syn- 

 onyms : P. maritima, Lamarck ; P. syrtica, Thore.) 

 Mountains and sea-coast of Southern Europe, the 

 Levant, etc. — For shelter- giving purposes, for 

 planting amongst pure sand on the sea-coast, and 

 on shingly gravel inland, this is one of the most 



