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PINUS. 



The Pine Family. 



In this genus, Finns, are the White, Pitch, and Norway 

 Pines, familiar to all. 



Pinus sylvestris, or Scotch Pine, is found in the British 

 Islands. There is a specimen of this tree at the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Cambridge. It has some resemblance to Pitch Pine, 

 (Pinus rigida,) but has more claim to beauty, of which the 

 other has none, or very little. The Scotch Pine, or Fir, as it 

 is called, differs from the Pitch Pine, in having its leaves in 

 twos, instead of threes. Their color, also, is of a more glaucous 

 green, and, if we remember right, they are also longer than the 

 Pitch Pine. The Pitch Pine is so often seen in barren, sterile 

 soils, that barrenness seems to be associated with it ; and, as it 

 has no claim to elegance, we should not recommend this, only 

 for the sake of variety, and this in the back-ground. A few trees 

 of the Scotch Pine may also be admissible, for the same rea- 

 son, in large plantations. 



P. resinosus. Red or Norway Pine. This tree is more 

 ample in its dimensions, growing from fifty to one hundred feet 

 high, in Maine. In this State it is not very common. The 

 leaves are in twos, and much longer than on the Pitch Pine. 

 We should not recommend this species only where there are 

 extensive grounds to decorate. 



P. strobus. The White Pine. This tree is familiar to 

 all, growing to a stately size in the most favorable locations, 

 having been known to attain the height of 264 feet, in Lancas- 

 ter, N. H., by actual measurement, according to reliable infor- 

 mation given to Mr. Emerson by Dr. Dwight ; and that they 

 were frequently found 250 feet in height and six feet in diame- 

 ter. This is about equal to the California trees, of which we 

 have accounts. The White Pine is known by its leaves being 

 in fives. The character of this genus is in having their leaves 

 in a sheath of two, three, or five together. " For ornamental 



