I io TREE-PLANTING. 



Resinosa, Rigida, and Sabiniana. The latter, though 

 a small tree in this country, is said to attain a height 

 of 100 feet in North-west America. It has only been 

 imported into Britain within the last fifty years, and 

 the other four kinds I have mentioned, although of 

 great beauty, are too feeble in growth to be cultivated 

 as timber trees. 



The Heavy-wooded Pine (P. ponderosa). This 

 is a very vigorous-growing tree, producing leading 

 shoots which are actually an inch in diameter when 

 only a few years old, and about two feet in length, its 

 leaves being thickly set, and measuring from nine to 

 twelve inches. It was first introduced into England 

 in 1826, and is a hardy tree, but likely to receive injury 

 from the wind. 



The Long-leaved Indian Pine (P. longifolia}. 

 This is perhaps the most beautiful of all the species,, 

 but it is too tender for the climate of this country, 

 and can only be reared under glass. This is not the 

 case with a native of Nepaul (P. gerardiand], which 

 will endure the climate of Britain, though it cannot 

 be coaxed into growing into a timber tree. Its seeds, 

 which are eatable, are nearly an inch in length. 



The Cembrian Pine (P. cembrd], This tree also 

 produces edible seeds, which are consumed largely as 

 an article of food by the peasantry of Switzerland in 

 those districts to which the tree is indigenous. It is 

 often found growing with the dwarf varieties of 

 P. sylvestris, being a native of the Alps, Siberia, Italy, 

 and Switzerland. It is a hardy tree, and there are 

 several varieties, but the seeds do not vegetate until 

 the second spring, the plants themselves also being 

 remarkable for their slow growth. When two years 



