Demesnes, &c. 105 



iiected with my own peculiar profession, I find even 

 great names clashing with names of equal greatness, 

 where both cannot be right. 



Pinus Austriaca, Black Austrian Pine, is one of 

 the best known, and for ornament, one of the most 

 useful of the group. 



P. Pyrenaica, the Pyrenean Pine, is a majestic 

 tree, hardy and quick- growing. 



P. Rcsinosa, the Resinous or lied Pine, is worth 

 growing for ornament, as well as producing some of 

 the best Pine timber. 



P. Pallasiana, or the Taurian Pine, is a very hand- 

 some kind, but the Austrian Pine is often sold under 

 its name. 



P. macrocarpa, or the large-coned Pine, is free- 

 growing, handsome, and hardy, producing cones from 

 twelve to fifteen inches long, and five or six broad, 

 one of which has weighed about four pounds. It is 

 somewhat capricious as to soil, liking good, light, 

 dry loam, deep and porous, and open dry subsoil, and 

 is best where early sun will not fall directly on its 

 foliage. 



Bent/lam's Pine, P. Benthamiana, from California, 

 forms a fine tree reaching to two hundred feet in 

 height. 



P. Eadiata is very handsome as a single tree, at- 

 taining a large size and height, and somewhat resem- 

 bles P. insiyuis, with cones thrice the size of those of 

 iimgnis. The discoverer, Dr. Coulter, with whom I 

 was acquainted for some years, said that its timber is 



