102 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



notice has more the appearance of P. Austriaca, with 

 light colored foliage, and like it, will undoubtedly prove 

 popular. We lately heard a discriminating botanist as- 

 sert that the Pyrenean Pine formed one of the finest speci- 

 mens of the genus, and as such he intended to recommend it. 



Loudon states that " Capt. Cook, who introduced this 

 species in 1834, found it occupying the highest range of 

 the extensive forests of the Sierra de Segura, in the south 

 of Spain, where it overtops P. Salepensis, and in a corre- 

 sponding situation in the vast forest region of the Sierra 

 de Cuen9a, on the river Gabriel, in Upper Aragon, where 

 it forms extensive forests; but La Peyrouse appears to 

 have only found it in the Pyrenees." Capt. Cook, M. 

 Peyrouse, and others, have described this species under 

 different names ; hence the great number of synonyms and 

 consequent confusion in regard to its proper position in a 

 scientific classification. 



Capt. Cook, in his description, says " it is quite hardy, 

 of quick growth, and will, from its noble appearance, the 

 beauty of its form, and the clear, transparent color of both 

 the bark and foliage, be a vast acquisition to our park scen- 

 ery. The timber is white and dry, being nearly without 

 turpentine, but the cones exude a most delicious balsamic 

 odor. It is one of the species described in the book of 

 Arab agriculture, written by a Moor of Seville, in 1200, 

 and translated by Banqueri." 



18, P. resinosa, Alton. RED PINE. Syn. P. rubra, 

 Michaux. P. Canadensis bifolia, Du Jfamel. Leaves, 5 

 to 6 inches in length, semicylindrical, from long sheaths, 

 rigid, straight, elongated, dark green color. Cones, 2 

 inches long, ovoid-conical, usually in clusters, short pedun- 

 cled, w r ith pointless scales. Branches, with smoothish, red 

 bark, and long, acute, resinous, buds. 



This tree varies in size, being from 50 to 80 feet high, and 

 is found from Pennsylvania northward through Canada, 

 Nova, Scotia, etc. The specific name is derived from the 



