PINUS 189 



shoots shining, reddish brown, not downy, smelling like an orange when 

 cut, the older parts rough with remains of the fringed scale leaves. Buds 

 cylindrical with a tapered apex, resinous, f to I in. long, | in. thick. Leaves 

 in threes, falling the third or fourth year, 5 to 10 ins. long, three-sided 

 (one side much broader and more rounded than the other two), all with 

 numerous stomatic lines ; margins minutely toothed ; leaf-sheath persistent, 

 f to ^ in. long. Cones elongated oval, 3 to 6 ins. long, i^ to 2^ ins. thick 

 before opening ; scales terminated by a short, decurved prickle.- 



Native of Western N. America, from British Columbia to New Mexico. 

 Introduced in 1827 by Douglas. This pine is very variable in the size 

 of its leaves and cones, the former sometimes approaching those of 

 P. Coulteri in dimensions. Thinly furnished with branches, it is, nevertheless, 

 one of the most imposing of all pines. There is a splendid example at 

 Bayfordbury over 100 ft. high, with a trunk a yard thick. It likes a good 

 loamy soil, but is very averse to redundant moisture. 



Var. SCOPULORUM, Engelma?i7i, has leaves frequently in pairs as well 

 as in threes, and cones seldom exceeding 3 ins. in length. It has a more 

 eastern distribution than the type, and is found in Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, 

 etc. Only represented in cultivation by small plants. 



P. PUNGENS, Lambert. HICKORY PlNE. 



A tree usually 20 to 40 ft. high ; young shoots reddish brown, shining, 

 not downy, very stiff and sturdy, with the crowded leaves of the lateral 

 branches more or less erect ; buds cylindrical, f to I in. long, very resinous. 

 Leaves in twos, falling the third year ; very rigid and sharply pointed, 

 deep green, 2 to 3 ins. long, somewhat spirally curved ; leaf-sheath \ in. 

 long, persistent. Cones usually in clusters of three or more, each cone 

 3 or 3^ ins. long, 2 to 2^ ins. wide at the base ; the boss of each scale 

 terminated by a broad, hooked spine. 



Native of Eastern N. America ; introduced in 1804. This pine retains 

 the cones on its branches frequently fifteen or twenty years. It is one of 

 the least ornamental of pines in cultivation and its timber is of little value. 

 It is allied to the Western American P. muricata, and, in the group of 

 two-leaved pines with persistent leaf-sheaths and cylindrical resinous buds, 

 is distinguished by its stiff, spine-tipped leaves and bright red-brown 

 branchlets. 



P. RADIATA, Don. MONTEREY PINE. 



(P. insignis, Douglas?) 



A tree up to 115 ft. high, with a trunk occasionally 6 ft. thick ; bark very 

 rugged, dark brown ; young shoots smooth, yellowish brown ; buds resinous, 

 cylindrical. Leaves in threes, falling the third year ; 2 to 5 ins. long, soft 

 and flexible, very dense on the branchlets, of a rich grassy green, convex 

 on the outer face, faintly lined with stomata ; margins minutely toothed ; 

 leaf-sheath persistent, \ to \ in. long. Cones obliquely conical, rich bright 

 brown ; 3 to 5 ins. long, 2 to 3 ins. wide near the base ; shortly stalked 

 and more or less deflexed, so that the inner side is close to the branch 

 and is imperfectly developed ; the boss of the scale is diamond-shaped, 

 with a minute prickle in the centre. The cones are usually borne in whorls 

 of two or three, and remain closed for years upon the branches. 



Native of Monterey, California, where it is confined to a few hills near 

 the sea ; introduced in 1833 by Douglas. In maritime situations in the 

 south and west of Britain this pine thrives splendidly, growing at the 

 rate of 3 ft. annually. The late Mr E. H. Pember, some years ago, showed 

 me some trees in his grounds at Vicar's Hill, near Lymington, which, 



