CONIFERS. 99 



young shoots of mitis. Indigenous to the sandy coasts 

 of North America. Leaves dark green, about two 

 inches long. 



PINUS WINCESTRIANA. Gordon. 

 (Marquis of Winchester's Pine.) 



A tree fifty or sixty feet high, with the irregular 

 habit of Pinus Montezumce, but with fewer branches, 

 and longer leaves. The latter, which are thickly set 

 upon the branches, are from twelve to fourteen inches 

 long. Colour glaucous green. A distinct species, but 

 not very hardy. 



SALISBTJRIA. Smith. 

 (The Ginkgo.) 



SALISBURIA ADIANTIFOLIA. Smith. 



SYN. Ginkgo Mloba. 

 (Maiden-hair, or Ginkgo Tree.) 



A deciduous Conifer, indigenous to China and Japan, 

 where it attains a large size, with the habit of the 

 Walnut. In young trees the trunk is slender and 

 much branched, with a thin conical or spiry appear- 

 ance. It is quite hardy and very attractive, owing to 

 its singular fan-shaped leaves, which are of a beautiful 

 pale green colour. 



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