134 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



is partly due to the thickness of the elastic bark of the 

 smaller twigs." 



We place great reliance upon many of our new native 

 pines, but on none more than this. Coming from an 

 elevated and exposed region we may look for its future 

 usefulness here. 



35, P, Lambertiana, Douglas. --LAMBERT'S PINE, 

 GIGANTIC PINE. Syn. P. Strobus Lambertiana, London. 

 Leaves from 3 to 4 or 5 niches long, from short decidu- 

 ous sheaths, rigid, slightly denticulate on the margin, 

 bright green color. Cones, from 12 to 14, and even 16 

 inches long, 4 inches in diameter, cylindrical, gradually ta- 

 pering to a point, erect when young, pendulous at maturi- 

 ty, destitute of resin, dark brown color ; scales, loosely 

 imbricated, dilated, rounded above, devoid of prickles. 

 Seeds, oval, large, sweet and nutritious ; with a large, 

 dark colored wing. Cotyledons, 12 or 13. 



This magnificent Conifer was discovered by Douglas, 

 in the year 1825, near the source of the Multnomah Riv- 

 er, on our northwestern coast. 



The discoverer states : " The trunk of P. Lambertiana 

 grows from 150 feet to above 200 feet in height, varying 

 from 20 feet to near 60 feet in circumference. One speci- 

 men which had been blown down by the wind and which 

 was certainly not the largest, was of the following dimen- 

 sions : Its entire length was 215 feet ; its circumference, at 

 3 feet from the ground, was 57 feet 9 inches; and at 134 

 feet from the erround, 17 feet 5 inches. The trunk is unu- 



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sually straight, and destitute of branches about two-thirds 

 of its height. The bark is uncommonly smooth for such 

 large timber, of a light brown color on the south, and 

 bleached on the north side." 



We take great pleasure in recommending this superb 

 pine to the notice of our arboriculturists, believing it to 

 be one of the finest of the genus that has been fully tested, 

 It stands the utmost rigors of our Avinters without any 



