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ARBORETUM AND FUUTJCETUM. 



PART III. 



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its general appearance. He aftervvai-ds called it P. penic^lus, but, in his 

 Suppl. he names it P. pyrenuica, which name Captain Cook proposes to 

 cliange to P. hispanica, as the tree is chiefly found in Spain ; and a French 

 writer in Annales crHort. to P. halepensis major. Captain Cook states that 

 this species is " quite hardy, of quick growth, and will, from its noble ap- 

 pearance, the beauty of its form, and the clear transparent colour of both the 

 bark and foliage, be a vast acquisition to our park scenery. The timber is 

 white and dry, being nearly without turpentine ; but the cones exude a 

 most delicious balsamic odour. The wood was formerly used by the 

 Spanish government, in the arsenals of Carthagena and Cadiz, for the decks 

 of ships ; for which purpose regular depots were kept in the Sierra de 

 Segura ; and it was floated down to the respective ports by the rivers Se- 

 gura and Guadalquiver. It is one of the species described in the book of 

 Arab agriculture written by a Moor of Seville, in 1200, and translated by 

 Banqueri." Besides the plants sent by Captain Cook to Woodside, the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, and Syon, there are also specimens at 

 Newton and Belsay, in Northumberland; at Dropmore ; at Carlton, near 

 Darlington, in Durham ; at Carclew, in Cornwall; and some other places. 

 1 11. P. RESINOUS A Alt. The resinous, or red. Pine. 



Idcnlificalion. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1., 3. p. 367., ed. 2., 5. p. 316. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 13. ; Willd. 



Sp. PI., 4. p. 496. ; Mart. Mill., No. 4. ; Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept., 2. p. 642. ; Hayne Deiid., p. 173.; 



Lawsoii's Manual, p. 347. ; Bon Jard., 18.37, p. 975. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synom/nus. P. canadensis bifblia cbiiis mediis ovfttis Du Ham. Arb , 2. p. 125. ; P. rObra 



Mic'hx. y. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 112.; Norway Pine, in Canada; Yellow Pine in Nova Scotia ; 



le Pin rouge de Canada, Fr. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. 1. 13. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. 1. 134. ; our fig. 2096., 



to our usual scale, with a male catkin i.m) of the natural size; nui figs. 20&4. and 



2095., of the natural size ; all from Dropmore and White Knights specimens. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Bark red. Leaves in pairs, 4 in. or 5 in. long. Cones 

 of a reddish brown, ovate-conical, rounded at the base, and half 

 the length of the leaves ; scales dilated in the middle, and unarmed. 

 (Michx.) Buds {Jig. 2094'.), in the White Knights specimen, 

 H in. long, and ^ in broad; ovate, acuminate, concave on the sides, 

 with a long point, as in P. Laricio ; but reddish brown, and very 

 resinous. Leaves (Jig. 2095.) from o in. to 6 in. long, straight, 

 stiff, and yellow at the tip ; sheath from h in. to 1 in. lon^, white, 

 lacerated, and becoming short and dark with age. Cone 2 in. long, ~^^ 

 and liin. broad, ovate-conical, brownish red, ses&ile, or with very 



