82 CONIFERS. 



PINUS 



(Captain Fremont's Pine.) 

 SYN. Pinus monophylla. Torrey. 



Found at very great altitudes on the mountains of 

 California, where it seldom grows above twenty feet 

 high. Branches numerous, verticillate. Leaves glaucous 

 green. The seeds of this species are used to a large 

 extent by the Indians inhabiting the district where it 

 abounds. 



PINTJS GERARDIANA. Wallich. 



(Captain Gerard's Pine.) 

 SYN. Pinus Neosa. Govan. 



This tree is found inhabiting the Himalayas, gene- 

 rally on the northern slopes of the mountains, at 

 elevations varying from 5000 to 10,000 feet. "When 

 young its form is symmetrical, but when older its 

 branches become contorted and irregular, and the tree 

 then assumes a highly picturesque character. Leaves 

 about four inches long, of a very dark green. None of 

 the Pines are better adapted for cold hills, as it refuses 

 to thrive at all in warm sheltered situations. On the 

 bleak mountains of the north of Scotland it succeeds 

 well. 



PINUS GORDONIANA. Uartweg* 



(Gordon's Pine.) 



Indigenous to the Saddle Mountains of Mexico, 

 where it occurs as a very handsome tree, sixty or eighty 



