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of America. This wood is deservedl)- much in 

 fa\-our. The tree does not Hourish in our chmate; 

 in fadvt, the only one we know of in England is 

 the miserable specimen at Kew. Judging from 

 the bright appearance of its long green leaves in 

 threes, as here seen, and from the enormous logs, 

 sometimes exceeding sixty feet in length and 

 eighteen inches square, that come to this country, 

 P. paliistns must on its native ground be a grand 

 tree. 



P. pinaster is a native of the Mediterranean 

 region, and was introduced about 1600 Like 

 the Scotch pine, its leaves are in pairs, but they 

 are longer and of a paler green. The large 

 nut-brown cones are produced in clusters; hence 

 its name, the "cluster pine." As the male 

 catkins drop off, they leave a bare space, which 

 makes the foliage look patch}-. The bark is 

 rough and the timber is of no value. The 

 cluster pine is not so pifturesque as the Scotch 

 pine, but is very useful from its being able to 

 flourish in sandy soils and under the sea breeze 

 — situations such as hardly any other tree could 

 exist in. 



The Corsican pine, P. lai'icio, is a ver}' rapid 

 grower, and quite inured to our climate. Its 

 leaves are in twos, long, and of a dark green; the 

 bark is thick and rough. Indigenous to Southern 

 Europe, and the Levant, it was brought to this 



