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PILEWORT. See FICARIA. 



PIMPERNEL. See ANAGALLIS. 



PINGUICULA. [Lentibulaceae.] Curious dwarf hardy per- 

 ennials. Marsh, or boggy soil. Propagated by seeds or 

 division. 



PINK. See DIANTHUS. 



PINUS. [Coniferae.] Fine evergreen trees, generally 

 hardy, and including some of our most valuable evergreens. 

 They flourish in good light soil, and are easily propagated 

 by seeds, or the rarer kinds by grafting. 



P. A rabica( Arabian); Palestine. P. A ustralis (southern) ; 70 

 feet; Florida; 1730. P. A ustriaca (Austrian ; black); flowers 

 in June ; Austria ; 1835. P. Banksiana (Banks's, scrub); 20 feet; 

 flowers in May ; North America; 1785. P.Benthamiana(Qen- 

 tham's) ; 200 feet; California; 1847. P. Brtitia (Calabrian) ; 

 Calabria. P. Bungeana (Bunge's) ; north of China. P. cembra 

 (cembra ; Siberian); 25 feet; flowers in May; Siberia; 1746. 

 /*. cembra pumila (dwarf) ; Siberia. P. Chilmalmana (Chil- 

 malm's) ; 46 feet ; north of Mexico. P. communis (common). 

 P. communis rubra (red) ; .Scotland. P. communis latifolia 

 (broad-leaved). P. edulis (eatable-seeded) ; North Mexico. P. 

 Ehrenbergii (Ehrenberg's) ; loofeet; Mexico. P. excelsa(ta\\}; 

 loofeet; Nepaul; 1823. P. Finlaysoniana (Finlayson's); Cochin 

 China. P.flexilis (pliant) ; New Mexico. P. Fremontiana (Fre- 

 mont's) ; 20 feet ; California ; 1848. P. Halepensis (Aleppo) ; 40 

 feet ; flowers in June ; Levant ; 1683. P. Halepensis maritima 

 (maritime) ; 40 feet ; flowers in May ; south of Greece. P. inofis 

 (Jersey ; poor) ; 30 feet ; flowers in May ; North America ; 1739. 

 P, insignis (remarkable) ; 60 feet ; California ; 1833. P. insularis 

 (island); Philippines. P. Koraiensis (Corean) ; 10 feet ; Corea. 

 P. Lambertiana (Lambert's) ; 200 feet; North America ; 1827. 

 P. Lambertiana brevifolia (short-leaved). P. laricio (Corsican ; 

 larch); 80 feet ; flowers in May ; Corsica ; 1814. P. Llaveana (La 

 Llave's) ; 25 feet; Mexico; 1830. P. macrocarpa (large-coned); 

 120 feet ; California. P. Merkusii (Merkus's) ; 100 feet ; Suma- 



