84 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



forms one of the handsomest species of the genus. Ac- 

 cording to Bosc, it is the most elegant of European Pines." 

 The foliage, we think, is the only redeeming feature of 

 the tree, being of a beautiful, light green color ; but un- 

 fortunately, this is shed so copiously as to impart a naked 

 appearance, which has anything but an ornamental effect. 

 A variety, 



P, Halepcnsis Pityusa, Stevens, which has been honored 

 by eight or ten synonyms, is also cultivated in Europe, 

 and is described as being very distinct from the type in 

 the size of the leaves and the cones, as well as in forming 

 a much larger sized tree. 



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This variety has been frequently sent out by foreign 

 nurserymen as P. maritima, a name that is apparently 

 only used when a plant is unknown, or as a convenient 

 appellation for the Pine genus at large, for any, and every- 

 thing that dishonest dealers wish to dispose of, for a reason- 

 able compensation. We have seen so many distinct plants 

 sent out under this name, all of which belonged to old, 

 well-defined species, that P. maritima has become, to us, 

 a synonym of doubt and uncertainty. There is no species 

 by that name in the Conifera?. 



Yar. minor, London, and var. genuensis, London, are 

 placed as synonyms of the species by Gordon ; and the 

 var. maritima, London, or P. maritima, Lambert, is con- 

 sidered as synonymous with the var. Pityusa, by the same 

 author. 



7i Pt inops. Alton. JERSEY OK SCR^TB PINE. Leaves, 

 2 to 3 inches long, short, rigid, seldom in threes, with 

 a short sheath. Cones, solitary, oblong-ovoid, 2 or 3 

 inches in length, frequently curved ; peduncle, short. 

 Scales, armed with a straight, rigid spine. Branches, 

 spreading and very flexible, with a rough, dark bark. 

 Seeds, small, and winged. 



This common native Pine is found very abundantly in 

 many of the interior States of this country, and especially 



