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shrub or small tree, 6 to 15 ft. high, gives as localities the Mayacamas Range, 

 Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, Cedar Mountain in Alameda County, and one or 

 two stations in the Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia Mountains. According to Mayr, 1 it 

 becomes a mere shrub on hot rocky precipices, but attains 50 ft. high on the banks of 

 streams. (A. H.) 



This species was discovered 2 in 1846, growing near Monterey in company with 

 Pinus muricata, by Hartweg, who sent home seeds to the Horticultural Society, 

 from which plants were raised in the Chiswick Garden. It was named in compliment 

 to J. R. Gowen, secretary of this Society at the time. It appears to be short-lived 

 in this country, and has never become a popular or common tree ; and is not now 

 often to be found in nurseries. 



The finest specimens we have seen are both on the property of J. B. 

 Fortescue, Esq., one at Boconnoc in Cornwall, which measures 43 ft. high by 

 6 ft. 8 in. in girth, nearly as large as it grows in California ; the other, at Dropmore 

 (Plate 299), is 36 ft. by 5 ft. 6 in. Both of these are healthy and produce cones 

 freely. At Luscombe Castle there is a good tree about 50 ft. by 4 ft. 4 in. 



At Pencarrow, Cornwall, Mr. A. B. Jackson in 1909 measured a tree 38 ft. high 

 and 9^ ft. in girth. Another at Heligan is 37 ft. by 3 ft. 4 in. 



At Barton, near Bury St. Edmunds, Henry measured a tree in 1905 38 ft. by 

 2 ft. 6 in., which, according to Bunbury, 3 was planted in 1862. It is now decaying. 

 A healthy tree at Melbury, Dorchester, is 47 ft. by 4 ft. 



A tree at Tortworth is 40 ft. high and 5 ft. 1 in. in girth. The Earl of Ducie 

 informs us that the date of planting is uncertain, but it was recorded as 12^ ft. high 

 in 1855. It seems to be failing, but may live a few years longer. Several plants 

 have been raised from its seed. It withstood without injury the severe frosts of 

 i860 and 1895. 



At Eastnor Castle a tree measured in 1909 37^ ft. high, girthing at 2 ft. from 

 the ground 3 ft. 2 in. A tree in the Victoria Park, Bath, measured in 1 909 46 ft. by 

 4 ft. 8 in. Mr. A. B. Jackson reports three healthy trees at Ponfield, Herts. A tree 

 at Coldhayes, near East Liss, Hants, was measured by Mr. Gamble as 36 ft. by 

 6 ft. 2 in. at the base. 



In Ireland, the best specimen is at Castlemartyr, which Henry found to be 

 48 ft. by 4 ft. 1 1 in. in 1907. Another at Fota measured, in 1903, 40 ft. by 4 ft. 4 in. 

 A large bushy tree with many stems from the ground at Woodstock, Kilkenny, 

 was about 40 ft. high in 1909. Webster 4 mentions one at Churchill, Armagh, 

 nearly 40 ft. high, growing on moist loam in an exposed situation. 6 



(H. J. E.) 



1 Waldungen Nordamerika, 272 (1 890). 



2 Cf. Gordon, m/ourn. Hort. Soc. iv. 295 (1849). 



3 Arboretum Notes, 1 56. The tree at Barton is var. pygmaa. 



4 In Gard. Chron. xx. 624 (1896). Cf. also Webster, Hardy Conif. Trees, 38 (1896). 



6 While these pages were going finally through the press, I received specimens from Mr. Jepson, which shew that the 

 trees of this species growing in Marin County and on Mt. Tamalpais bear larger cones than the type, with large reddish brown 

 glaucous seeds. This form may be called var. Sargentii. Mr. Jepson's specimens shew various intermediate forms, one at 

 least of which (from Monterey) is very probably a hybrid with C. macrocarpa. (A. H.) 



