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The timber is excellent, and very durable, containing a large 

 quantity of resinous matter, and of a reddish colour. 

 It is tolerably hardy. 



No. 69. Pinus Gordoniana, Hartweg, Gordon's Mexican Pine. 



Leaves in fives, sixteen inches long, rather slender, three- 

 edged, very dense, light green, and longer than any of the other 

 kinds. Sheaths persistent, or not shedding, about one inch and 

 a quarter in length, rather rough, and scaly. Seed-leaves on 

 the young plants mostly seven in number, and rather short. 

 Branches rather numerous, at regular distances, slightly ele- 

 vated at the points, and not very robust. Buds very scaly, non- 

 resinous, and of a moderate size. Male flowers rather large, 

 oblong, in dense clusters, and very numerous. Cones pendu- 

 lous, mostly solitary, slightly curved, and tapering regularly 

 from near the base to the point, from four to five inches long, 

 and one inch and a half broad near the base, with fourteen or 

 fifteen rows of scales. Scales half an inch broad, slightly ele- 

 vated, particularly those about the middle and towards the 

 point, while those next the base are nearly flat, and much 

 smaller. The cones are quite destitute of resin, and on foot- 

 stalks about half an inch long. Seeds small, angular, with 

 narrow wings about one inch and a quarter in length. 



This kind forms a handsome tree from sixty to eighty feet high, 

 and has the longest and finest foliage of any kind yet known. 

 It was first discovered by Mr. Hartweg on the Cerro de San 

 Juan, or Saddle Mountain, near Tepic, in Mexico, where the 

 inhabitants call it "Ocote Hembra," or Female Pine, on account 

 of the numerous cones which it produces. 



It is very tender in England. 



