CONIFERS. 77 



PINUS. 



PINUS APULCENSIS. Lindley. 



(Apulco Pine.) 



SYN. Pinus acapulcensis. Gardens. 

 A native of Apulco in Mexico, growing fifty feet high, 

 with glaucous foliage, especially on the young shoots. 

 Leaves about six inches long, slender, and very graceful. 

 A handsome and distinct species. 



PINUS AUSTRIACA. Hoess. 

 (Black Austrian Pine.) 



SYN. Pinus nigricans. Gardens. 

 Pinus nigra. Link. 



Indigenous to Lower Austria, Transylvania, Carin- 

 thia, and Styria. A lofty tree, of rapid growth, 

 resembling Pinus Laricio. It delights in a deep dry 

 soil, but will succeed in any ordinary situation. 

 Branches remotely verticillate, somewhat drooping. 

 In old trees they form a flat spreading head. Leaves 

 four or five inches long, of a dark glossy green. A 

 very valuable tree for exposed situations. 



PINUS AUSTEALIS. Mchaux. 



(Southern Pine.) 

 SYN. Pinus palustris. Miller. 



In the southern parts of the kingdom, and in other 

 favoured localities, this beautiful pine is quite hardy, 



