80 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



1 inch Ions, ovate, ending in a long narrow point. Seeds, 

 rather large. Cotyledons, 6 to 8. 



A fine," hardy tree, from the south of Europe, in the 

 Island of Corsica, etc. Prof. Tenore mentions vast forests 

 composed of this species on the Mountains of Sila, in 

 Calabria. It mostly attains a height varying with the 

 situation, from 80 to 100 feet ; and London states : " In 

 the Island of Corsica, it is said there are trees of this spe- 

 cies, from 140 to 150 feet in height." On Mt. Etna, it 

 forms forests at an elevation from 4000 to 6000 feet. 



This species, according to London, is a more rapid 

 grower than even P. sylvestris, but it is quite a short lived 

 tree, the duration being in Corsica but from 70 to 80 years. 



From the many instances of its rapid growth given in 

 London's Arboretum, we make the following extracts : 

 " The rate of growth in the climate of London is from 2 

 feet to 3 feet in a year. A tree in the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety's Garden, having been 12 years planted, was, in 1834, 

 20 feet high, and is now, 1837, 25 feet high. A shoot of 

 the year 1829, with part of 1828, cut from a tree 5 years 

 old, on M. Vilmorin's estate, at Barras, and sent to Mr. 

 Lawson's Museum, measured 3 feet in length and 3 inch- 

 es in circumference at the thickest end. In Loddiges' 

 Arboretum, this species and its varieties had attained in 

 1837 about from 20 to 30 feet, whilst the P. sylvestris 

 and its varieties had not exceeded 12 feet. In France, 

 according to Thouin, P. Laricio grows two-thirds faster 

 than the Scotch Pine, placed in a similar soil and situation." 



For lawn-planting, the Corsican Pine is one of the most 

 beautiful and available trees that we have, and is almost 

 invariably an attractive object in a collection. As it is a 

 native of warm climates, many persons suppose it will 

 prove too tender for this section, but so far as we have 

 been able to ascertain, it has given entire satisfaction. 

 The long, wavy leaves are of a bright green color, and 

 the perfect shape of the tree has always produced a favor- 



