CHAP, cxiii. coni'fer/t:. pTnl's. 228J 



mouth pine may have its beauty : its formality may be concealed. A few of 

 its branches, hanging from a mass of heavier foUage, may appear liirht and 

 feathery, while its spiry head may often form an agreeable' apex to a clumn " 

 {For. Scen.,\. p. 87.) '" 



Sail, Situation, Sfc. We have already observed that the soil and situation 

 for this tree ought to be better than for most other species of pines. Seeds 

 are procured in abundance; and the plants, when sown in spring, come u» 

 the first year, and may be treated like those of the Scotch pine. 



statistics. In the Environs of London. At Whitton Place, there are many trees the tallest of 

 which IS 81 ft. (Sin. high, and the riiameter of the trunk 4 ft.; at York House, Twickenham it is 48 ft 

 high, the. iiameter of the trunk 1ft. fiin., and of the head 18 ft.; at Chiswick Villa, there are variou.s 

 trees, from ."lUft. to riOft. high ; at Abercorn Priory, near Stanmore, it is 53 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. 9 m., and of the head 30 ft. — South of London. In Dorsetshire, at iMelbury Park 4() years 

 old, it is 3f) ft. high ; at Compton House, 60 years old, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 3'ft in diameter 

 In Hampshire, at Alresford, 41 years planted, it is J3 tt. high ; at Strath fieldsave, it is 95ft high with 

 a trunk 4 ft. (iin. in diameter. In Somersetshire, at Kingston, it is 95 ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft in 

 diameter. In Surrey, at Claremont, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk C ft., and of the head 

 36 ft. ; at Decpdfne, 10 years planted, it is SJSft. high. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle. .50 years 



Park IS one with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 3S years planted 

 it is 42 ft. high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 2 ft. 6 in., and of the he.ad 44 ft.; atWakclield Lodge. 12 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In Shropshire at 

 Willey Park, 18 years pl.inted, it is 2.^ ft. high. In Staftiirdshire, at Trcntham, it is 50 ft hi"!) 'in 

 Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, It is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 6 in 

 andoftheheadjOft. In Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is (iO ft. high • the dia' 

 meter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 33 ft. In Yorkshire, at Griraston, 12 years planted it Is 

 32 ft. high. ' 



Fhtus atrdhuf in Scotland. In the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, it Is 50 ft 

 high, thediameter of the trunk 2 ft. 10 in., and of the head 40 ft — South of Edinburg'h. In Avrl 

 fhire, at Dalquharran, .55 years planted, it is 68 ft. high, the di.ameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Berwick- 

 shire, at the Hirsel, 20 years [ilanted, it is 20 ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 55 ft 

 high, Avith a trunk 2ft. 4 in. in diameter. — North of Edinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle 

 13 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 4S ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institu- 

 tion, 12 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 45 years planted, it is 45 ft" 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6in.; at Courtachy Ca.<tle, 14 years planted, itis I5ft high 

 In Inverness-shire, at Cowan, 30 years planted, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk I ft , and of 

 the head 2;5 ft. In .Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 73 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 42 ft. ; at Brucefield, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Callendar Park, 39 years planted, it is 45 ft. high. 



P'mus Struh7is in Irelaml. In Down, at Ballyleady,"6() years planted, it is 46 ft. high. In Fer. 

 managli, at Florence Court, 30 years planted, it is oo ft. high. In Galway, at Coole, it is 40 ft high 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. ' 



V'tnus Strbhvs in Fon-ifin Covvtries. In France, near Paris, at Beauvais, ,30 years planted it 

 is 80 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 30 ft.; at Colombey, near Metz 

 70 years planted, it is 60ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft.; at M. Angofs, 29 vearg 

 planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Park at Clervaux, 32 vears planted, it is 71 ft. high. In Hanover 

 at Harhcke, 10 years planted, it is 16 ft. high ; at Schwiibber, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft. In Saxony, at Wiirlitz, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft In CasscI, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 vears old, it has a trunk 

 4 ft. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden at Munich, 18 years planted, it is 20 ft. high • 

 inthe English Garden, 25 years planted, it is.30ft.high. In Austria, atVienna, at Luxemburg, 30 years 

 planted, it is 25 ft. high ; in Hosenthal's Nursery, 00 years planted, it is 40 ft high ; at Hadersdorf 

 SO years planted, it is 40ft. high ; at Kriick oti the Leytha, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft high. In 

 Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 years planted, it is 40ft high; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years 

 planted, it is .50 ft. high. In Italy, at Desio, near Monza, it is 70 ft high, the diameter of the trunjc 



2 ft 6 in., and of the head 30 ft 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, per thousand, 

 1 year's .seedlings, Ss.) 2 years' seedlings, 12s.; I year's transplanted, 20.?.; and 

 transplanted plants from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 50,?. At Bo'.lwyller, plants are 

 from 1 franc to 2 francs each ; or, per hundred, 4 years old and transplanted, 

 305. At New York, plants are from' 50 cents to 15 cents, and as high as 

 1 dollar each, according to their size. 



t 40. P. (S.) excf/lsa Wallich. The lofty, or Bkoian, Pine. 



Identification. Wall. PI. As. Ran, t 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 3.3. ; Royle Illust; Lawson's Manual, p. 363. 

 Synmii/mes P. Dicks6nn Hort. ; Ch ilia, or ChyWa, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone and Gurhival ; Lem- 



shing, Blintea ; Raesula, or King of the Firs, Jlinriostan. 

 Engravings. Wall. PI. As. Rar.," t. 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. ; our/;:. 219.9., to our usual scale ; 



anAfigs. 2197. and 219S , of the natural size, from Wallich, Lambert, and from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in fives, very long, and slender, loose. Crest of the 

 anthers roundish, truncate ; simple, lacerated. Cones cylindrical, smooth, 

 pendulous, longer than the leaves. {Wall.) Buds, on the tree in the Hor- 



