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PIN US. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



PINUS. 



P. PINEA (Stone P.). A distinct and 

 picturesque Pine, old trees attaining a 

 height of 70 to 75 feet. This very char- 

 acteristic Pine of Italy is not hardy in 

 our country. It has been often planted 

 here, but does not survive hard winters, 

 and should not be planted except in the 

 most favoured parts of the south. It is 

 a native of sandy and rocky places by 

 the seashore in Greece, Syria, and Asia 

 Minor. 



P. PONDEROSA (Western Yellow P.). 

 A very noble tree, reaching nearly 300 feet 

 with a trunk girth of over 45 feet, but in 

 the arid regions found much smaller. 

 Sometimes one may see trees branchless 

 for over 100 feet, but in quite healthy 

 condition. It inhabits Montana, British 

 Columbia, W. Nebraska, and N. Cali- 

 fornia, and is hardy in Britain. There 

 is a form found on the eastern side 

 of the American continent which is 

 hardier. P. Jeffreyi (Black Pine) is now 

 supposed to be a variety, also scopularia, 

 but it does not grow quite so tall as the 

 others. This P. Jeffreyi is found 1,500 

 feet high on the eastern side of the Rocky 

 Mountains, this answering for its hardiness. 



P. PYRENAICA (Pyrenean P.). A fine, 

 rapid-growing tree," with bright green 

 foliage. A native of the Pyrenees and 

 Spanish mountains, and also in the south 

 of France ; 60 feet to 80 feet high. P. 

 Brutia is supposed to be a form of this. 



P. RESINOSA (Red P.). A tall Pine, 

 100 feet to 150 feet high, Newfoundland 

 to Manitoba, and southwards through the 

 New England States. From its northern 

 area of habitation this should be a hardy 

 and thriving Pine in Britain. 



P. RIGIDA (Torch P.). A forest Pine 

 reaching a height of 80 feet on sandy and 

 rocky places in Canada, Kentucky, Vir- 



Pinus rigida. 



P. SABINIANA (Grey-leaved P.). A very 

 interesting Calif ornian Pine, inhabiting 

 the dry and warm hills and the coast 

 ranges and foot hills of Sierra Nevada ; 

 not often a very high mountain tree. The 

 grey foliage gives the wild trees the 

 appearance of clouds in the distance. 



ginia, and the eastern states. This Pine 

 is hardy and a rapid grower in Britain, 

 growing in moist places less likely to suit 

 the greater Pines. 



Old tree. Scotch Fir. 



P. STROBUS (White P.). One of the 

 noblest forest trees of the northern 

 world, sometimes reaching a height 

 of over 170 feet, with a girth of trunk 

 of 30 feet, though often found much 

 smaller. Owing to the cutting of the 

 woods in Canada and N. America it 

 is seldom seen in its native dignity in 

 the settled parts. It forms dense forests 

 in Newfoundland and Canada, and west- 

 wards and southwards along the moun- 

 tains. Among the many trees I have 

 planted at Gravetye as evergreen woods, 

 this only has failed. It is cool, heavy 

 soil; but in rocky soils and free there 

 are some fine trees in Wales. It is there- 

 fore mainly a question of soil. 



P. SYLVESTRIS (Scotch P.). Our native 

 Pine, and, in its old state, one of the 

 most beautiful and useful we can ever 

 have. It is of very wide distribution 

 in northern, Arctic, and mountain regions, 

 and also on the mountains of Italy and 

 Greece. The Russian variety is con- 

 sidered a more erect and stronger grower. 

 A great number of varieties are men- 

 tioned in books and catalogues, and some 

 hybrids, compact and dwarf varieties, 

 including variegated ones, none of any 

 value compared to the wild tree. 

 Pine sows itself freely in rough heaths 

 and sandy ground, and thrives there. 



