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able impression with us, and we wish it were more 

 extensively known. The wood is quite valuable for lum- 

 ber, being long-grained, white, easily worked, and accord- 

 ing to some authorities very durable. 



Var, caramaiiica* .London. Syn. P. caramanica, JBosc / 

 P. caramaniensis, Son Jcird, etc. According to Loudon, 

 this variety u has a much rounder and more bushy 

 head, with straight or nearly straight leaves, slender 

 branches, reddish-colored bark, which is wholly or in part 

 covered with white resin. The scales of the cones, which 

 are larger than those of P. Larwlo Oorsicana^ are tipped 

 with a harder and more horny point." 



Our own specimen, although quite small, is nevertheless 

 distinct from the species. 



Var, CalaMca, Delamarre. From the mountains of 

 Sila, in Calabria, where it forms a fine-sized tree, with the 

 branches densely clothed with leaves that are longer than 

 those of the common form. It is quite hardy here, and 

 will doubtless prove desirable and distinct. 



Var, COntorta, mentioned in Gordon's Pinetum, we 

 have not seen. It is described by that author as " having 

 its lateral branches contorted or twisted round in different 

 directions." 



Var, pyglihTa, Rauch. Is a very curious little dwarf 

 variety, that is quite pretty for ornamental shrubbery. 

 The branches almost trail along the ground, and beai 

 short, rigid, curled leaves. 



There are other varieties of this species that vary so lit- 

 tle from the original as to be unworthy of perpetuation, 

 excepting in the collection of the enthusiast ; and even in 

 these, should the labels become accidentally lost, the owner 

 would be at loss to identify the varieties, and probably 

 soon be convinced that he had simply duplicates of the 

 true species. 



