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results in light, well-drained loam and also in sandy soil. It is 

 well adapted for shelter plantations near the sea, and has been 

 planted with success on sand-dunes in Ireland. Although not 

 grown extensively at present, it is worth the attention of arbori- 

 culturists and foresters in both maritime and inland counties. 

 Except in a young state it is a light- demanding tree. In the 

 State forests of Japan it is grown on a 40-80 years' rotation, the 

 maximum age being extended to 100 years in Imperial forests. 

 P. Thunhergii is one of the species used by Japanese gardeners 

 for dwarfing for pot culture and use in their famous miniature 

 gardens. 



Elwes and Henry, loc. cit. v, 1143 (1910) ; Wilson, Conifers of Japan, 27 

 (1916). 



Pinus Torreyana, Parry. 

 Soled AD Pine. 



Pinus lophosperma, Linclley. Del Mar Pine ; Lone Pine ; Torrey 

 Pine. 



A small tree 30-40 ft. high with short, stout branches or, in 

 exposed places, a low tree, bush, or semi-prostrate shrub. Bark 

 thick, irregularly and deeply fissured into broad, flat ridges 

 covered by thin reddish scales. Young sJioots light green, after- 

 wards purplish with a distinct bloom. Winter huds cylindrical, 

 tapering to a point, about | in. long, or in the case of the terminal 

 bud sometimes very long — an instance is recorded by Jepson of 

 a terminal bud 12 in. in length. ^ Leaves in fives, lasting several 

 years, arranged in heavy tufts at the ends of the branches, dark 

 green, slender, 7-10 in. long, upper part of the margin finely 

 toothed, apex a horny point, stomata on all surfaces ; resin ducts 

 median ; basal sheath persistent, about | in. long. Cones broadly 

 ovoid, symmetrical, dark brown, 4— 5| in. long and the same in 

 width at the base, maturing during the third year ; scales large, 

 thick, woody, the exposed portion much thickened. Seeds oval, 

 ^-f in. long, dull brown, mottled, wing with a thickened rim 

 almost surrounding the seed. They are sweet, oily and edible. 



The Soledad pine is easily distinguished by its five-leaved 

 clusters being surrounded by a long basal sheath, and by its 

 broadly ovate symmetrical cones. 



Distribution limited to small areas on Santa Rosa Island and 

 the San Diego Coast. 



Wood reported as soft, weak and brittle, and to be of little 

 value except as fuel. The seeds are useful for food. 



Young plants of P. Torreyana are occasionally seen in English 

 gardens, but appear to be too tender for general cultivation in 

 the British Isles although it might succeed in Cornwall and in 

 Ireland. In certain Californian gardens it appears to grow better 



^Jepson, Silva of California, 92 (1910). 



