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Ualepensis in general appearance, as to be frequently mis- 

 taken for that species, although the latter is very uncertain 

 in this climate. 



The fruit, however, is very unlike ; as that produced by 

 the P. J3rutia is almost invariably borne in large clusters, 

 and sessile; and the P. Halepensis produces its cones sol- 

 itary or occasionally in pairs, with long footstalks, and 

 likewise forms a smaller tree than the former. 



It is one of the foreign species to which little attention 

 has been paid, notwithstanding its merits fully entitle it 

 to the attention of cultivators, and when better known, 

 will certainly be regarded with favor. 



Lambert says the timber is very valuable and adapted 

 to a variety of uses. 



4. P, COntorta, Douglas. TWISTED-BRANCHED PINE. 

 Leaves, 2 inches long, from a short, dark, imbricated 

 sheath, numerous, rigid, sharply mucronate. Cones, from 

 2 to 2^- inches long, smooth, ovate, clustered ; scales fur- 

 nished with a caducous mucro. Branches, twisted, slen- 

 der, spreading, and thickly covered with leaves. Buds, 

 very resinous, roundish, obtusely pointed, and brown color. 



A rare tree in cultivation, having been quite recently 

 introduced into European collections. Loudon says : 

 " This pine was fo'und by Douglas in North-west America, 

 on swampy ground near the sea-coast ; and, abundantly, 

 near Cape Disappointment, and Cape Lookout. Dried 

 specimens, with cones, were sent home in 1825-6-7." 



Pinus contorta, says Dr. Parry, '* is quite abundant on 

 the crest and slopes of dry sub-alpine ridges, forming the 

 principal part of the forest there, and extending to near 

 the snow line ; a symmetrical tree of rapid growth, 30 or 

 40 feet high, with slim and tapering trunk a foot in diam- 

 eter, a smoothish, grayish-brown bark, detached in thin 

 scales, and tough but coarse wood, which is liable to warp, 

 and rarely cut into boards." 



Other writers have described this species as attaining 

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