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TAUEiAi^ Pine (P. Pallasiana), of roundish, compact 

 form, with bluish-green leaves ; generally hardy, A. 



Cluster Pijs^e (P. Pinaster), a beautiful species, with 

 the leaves in dense whorls ; not reliable in the Nortliern 

 States, succeeds well near the sea, A. 



PyRENEA:N^ Pine (P. Pyrenaica), a beautiful, hardy 

 species, with long, soft leaves ; of picturesque spreading 

 growth, A. 



Scotch Pine (P. sylvestris), very hardy, of rapid 

 growth in any soil, making it valuable for screens ; short, 

 rigid, light-green leaves, A. 



Highland Pixe (var. liorizontalis), a variety of the 

 Scotch Pine, with the branches more horizontal, and 

 with broader leaves, covered with bloom. 



Short-leaved Yellow Pine (P. mitis), a handsome 

 native, forming a fine specimen tree, with slender leaves 

 often of a bright, bluish-green color. 



Of dwarf sorts, with two leaves in a sheath, may be 

 named the 



MuGHO Pixe (P. Muglio), a superior species for small 

 grounds, with handsome, short, stiff, dark-green foliage, 

 E.; var. compacta is a very symmetrical compact variety 

 of this ; var. rotunda is another variety of more roundctl 

 habit than the j^arent. 



Dwarf or Mountain Pine (P. pumilio), of small, 

 often bushy, or creeping habit, with silvery-green foli- 

 age, G. 



Table Mountain Pine (P. pungens), a handsome, 

 hardy species, with rigid, stout, pale-green leaves, and 

 producing many cones in masses. 



The species of Pine with three leaves in a sheath 

 usually become large trees in time. 



Bentham's Pine (P. Berdliamiana), a handsome, 

 rapid grov/er, with long, dark-greeii, slender, drooping 

 leaves, A, 



