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used for torches and candles. The wood is so hard, as tc 

 resist the plane. The tree is too tender for the Middle States, 

 but would doubtless succeed south of Virginia. 



P. Lindleyana (Dr. Lindley's pine). This variety, often con- 

 Syn. founded with Montezumae, and as such, imported 



p. Montezumse. by us SO me year or so ago, is really quite dis- 

 tinct, and is a robust, bushy looking tree of forty feet ; found 

 near the " Sumate," on the mountains of Mexico. It will, no 

 doubt, prove hardy, coming from so high an elevation. We do 

 not know that it has as yet been tried, nor do we think it very 

 desirable, except in very full collections. 



P. lonyifolia (the Long-leaved pine). This is one of the 

 Syn. class of exquisite pines, of which P. jilifolia, 



P. serenagensis. patula, Canariensis, and even Australia are also 

 representatives. They are all, except Australis (Palustris), too 

 tender even for the climate of Great Britain, and will not of 

 course do at all here, except in Georgia, the Carolinas, and our 

 Southern States, where no greater addition to ornamental plan- 

 tations can be made ; they are charming for pot-culture with 

 us, which is the only way they grow them in England gene- 

 rally. The timber of Longifolia is excellent, and full of resin, 

 which is another recommendation for the South. The foliage 

 is of an exquisite light green, and the leaves, twelve to fourteen 

 inches long, delicate and thready. 



It comes from the lower ranges of the Himmalayan moun- 

 tains, from Bootan to Affghan, growing forty to one hundred 

 feet high, with a peculiar spiral arrangement of bark and fibre, 

 like a cork-screw. 



The chips are used in India for candles, and are called 

 " Chamsing" (night lights). According to Dr. Hooker, ink is 

 made in Sikkin from the charcoal of the burnt leaves mixed 

 with water. It is also remarkable for its fragrance. 



P. macrocarpa (Dr. Coulter's pine). This is a grand tree, 

 fy. which we have had several years under each of 



P. Coulteri. , , , , , , . . . 



P.Sabiniana, the above names; though now we believe culti- 

 p. maerocarpa. vators have settled down upon macrocarpa and, 

 Coulteri, as the proper ones. Our best specimens would have- 

 been eight to ten feet high, having worked through the winters 

 of '55 and '56, with very trifling injury, when, unfortunately, 



