LXXV1I. CONl'FEKjE I PI^NUS. 



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respect to elevation, though it will endure the sea breeze, it will not thrive, in 

 England, much above the level of the sea. 



1 8. P. PI'NEA L. The Stone Pine. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1419. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 1., 3. p. 308. 



Synonymes. P. saliva Bauh. Pin. p. 491. ; P. domestica Matth. Comm. 87. ; Pin Pignon, Pin bon, 



Pin cultive, Pin Pinier, Fr. ; Geneissbere Fichte, Gcr. ; Pino da Pinocchi, Hal. 

 Engravings. Blackw., t. 189. ; Du Kara. Arb., 2. t. 27. ; Tabern. Ic., 936. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 10, 



11. j N. Du Ham., 5. t. 72. f. 3. ; Poll, et Turp., t. 125. ; Michx. N. Amer. SyL, 3. t. 135. ; the 



plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii. ; our Jig. 1788., to our usual scale ; figs. 1787. to 



1789., of the natural size, from Dropmore and White Knights. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves in pairs. Cones ovate, obtuse, nearly as long as the 

 leaves, their scales with recurved deciduous points. Seed bony, with very 

 short wings. Crest of the anthers jagged. (Smith.) The 

 buds (see fig. 1787.) resemble those of Pinaster, but 

 are smaller in all their dimensions, much less pointed, 

 more woolly, and wholly without resin. The surround- 

 ing buds are nearly as large as the central one. The 

 leaves are from 5 in. to 7 in., and sometimes 8 in., long, 

 serrated ; sheaths, at first, A in. long, afterwards becoming 

 lacerated, shortened to half their length, and ringed with 

 four or five rings. Cone from 5 in. to 6 in. in length ; and 

 from 3|in. to 4 in. in breadth ; scales large and woody, from 

 2 in. to 2^ in. in length, and from 1 in. to lin. in breadth, 

 with the thickened part pyramidal, rhomboidal, and some- 

 times hexagonal in the plan, resembling those of P. Pinaster, 

 but having four ribs from the four angles, instead of two 

 from the lateral angles. The ribs meet in a small rhomboidal pyramid, of a 

 grey colour, which terminates in a broad blunt prickle. The colour of the 

 entire cone is much lighter than that of P. Pinaster, and is of a pale wains- 

 cot colour. Seeds, without the wing, f in. long, and from | in. to in. 

 broad ; with the wing, 1 in. long. Cotyledons 9 to 11. A low or middle- 

 sized tree. Greece, and cultivated in Italy. Height, in Greece, 50 ft. to 60 ft.; 

 in England, 15ft. to 20ft., rarely 30ft. Introduced in 1548. It flowers, 

 in the climate of London, in the latter end of May or the beginning of June, 

 and ripens its cones in the autumn of the second year. 



Varieties. 



1 ? P. P. 2frdgilis N Du Ham. v. p. 



242. The only variety mentioned 



by Continental authors ; and it 



only differs from the species in 



having a tender shell to the seed, 

 f P. P. 3 cretica Hort. The leaves 



seem to be rather finer than those 



of the species. 



In the South of Europe, this species is a 

 large tree, with a spreading head, forming a 

 kind of parasol, and a trunk 30 or 40 feet 

 high, clear of branches ; but in England it 

 generally forms a bush rarely exceeding 

 15 ft. in height. The soil for the stone 

 pine should be deep, sandy, and dry, and 

 the situation sheltered, though the plants 

 should not be crowded. The seeds are 

 procured from foreign cones, which are 

 generally purchased in the autumn, or at 

 the beginning of winter, and the seeds 

 taken out of them by throwing them into 

 hot water, and treating them like those cf pinaster. They are frequently 

 sown in pots in the course of the winter, and preserved in a frame, and kept 



