THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ive White Pine (^Pintis Strobus) is one of 

 the best and most graceful of them all. If 

 this were a tree from some foreign country 

 it would probably be more planted for orna- 

 mental purposes than it is at present. The 

 Austrian Pine beside it appears stiff and 

 formal. The leaves, or needles as they are 

 sometimes called, are of a lively green shade, 

 which helps to make it one of the best ap- 

 pearing pines in winter. The white pine 

 succeeds admirably in almost any kind of 

 soil unless it be very wet, but seems to 

 thrive best in good sandy loam. It is a 

 rapid grower, averaging about two feet a 

 year. Young trees ten inches high, planted 

 in 1889, at the Central Experimental Farm, 

 are now twenty feet in height. If good 

 lawn specimens are desired, the trees should 

 be planted when small, and if given plenty 

 of room and cared for they will branch close 

 to the ground and make beautiful trees. 



Scotch Pine {^Pinus Sylvestris). The 

 Scotch Pine is planted more in Canada as an 

 ornamental tree than the white pine. It is 

 not as graceful a tree as the latter, nor its 

 equal in any way, but it is a fine tree. It 

 transplants easier, perhaps, than any other 

 species of pine, and this may be one reason 

 why it is so popular. The leaves are darker 

 than those of the white pine, being of a 

 bluish green color, which makes a fine con- 

 trast with those of the other species. It is 

 a very rapid grower, and appears to succeed 

 better on low land than the white pine, it 

 will thrive well, however, in a great variety 

 of soils, but it is best to plant it in well- 

 drained soil. Trees planted in 1888, when 

 eighteen inches high, are now nineteen feet 

 in height. 



Austrian Pine (^Pinus Austriaca). Next 

 to the Scotch Pine, the Austrian is pro- 

 bably planted more than any other pine. It 

 is a rather stiff appearing tree, but very 

 symmetrical, and makes a fine lawn speci- 

 men being compact, and, if good trees are 

 planted, branching readily from near the 



ground. The leaves are dark green in color 

 and very stiff. It is a slower growing tree 

 than either the White or Scotch pines. 

 Trees planted in 1889 when eighteen inches 

 high are now sixteen feet in height. 



Pinus resinosa (Red Pine). The Red 

 Pine is another native which has been used 

 very little as an ornamental tree. At a dis- 

 tance, when young, it might be mistaken 

 for an Austrian Pine, but on closer inspec- 



FiG. 1763. Red Pine {Pi'nus resinosa). 

 C. E. F., 1899. 



tion the leaves will be found to be less 

 rigid and softer to the touch. As the tree 

 develops it becomes more graceful than the 

 Austrian Pine, and is preferable in many 

 ways. (See Fig. 1763.) 



Pinus ponderosa (Bull Pine). This is a 

 native of British Columbia, and also occurs 

 in the Rocky Mountains in the United 

 States. Very few specimens of this fine 

 native tree have been planted for ornamen- 

 tal purposes in Canada, but where it can be 

 grown successfully it should not be omitted. 

 It is one of the most handsome species. 

 The long glaucous green leaves, sometimes 

 twisted into peculiar forms, and its upright 



