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PINUS BENTHAMIANA. Hartweg. 



(Bentham's Pine.) 

 SYN. Pinus Sinclairii. Hooker. 



This very noble tree should be in every collection. 

 It is a native of the mountains of Santa Cruz in 

 California, at a greater elevation than Pinus Sibiniana. 

 Its form is irregular and picturesque. Height about 

 two hundred feet. Leaves ten to twelve inches long, 

 numerous, dark green, thickly clothing the branches. 

 One of the handsomest of the long-leaved Pines. 



PINUS BRUTIA. Tenore. 



(Calabrian Pine.) 

 SYN. Pinus conglomerates. Graffer. 



A tree of considerable size, indigenous to the moun- 

 tains of Calabria. It resembles in general appearance 

 Pinus halapensis, but differs in its longer leaves and 

 shorter cones, which are collected in clusters. Leaves 

 eight or nine inches long, very slender, of a light 

 green, thickly placed upon the branches. 



PINUS CEMBRA. 



(Cenobran or Swiss Stone Pine.) 



A native of the mountains of Europe and northern 

 Asia, at great elevations, often close upon the snow line. 

 It is an invaluable tree for planting on cold, elevated 

 situations in this country. Height from fifty to one 

 hundred feet, varying much, according to soil and 



