CONIFERS 



in America reaches height of 300 ft.; mast in Kew Gardens 159 ft. long; the 

 tree probably lives 750 years ; most widely distributed of American trees. 

 Originally called Abies taxifoUa; afterwards named by Dr. Lindley as Abies 

 Douglasii, in memory of Douglas, still often described under that name ; more 

 recently changed to P. Douglasii (Gr. pseudcs, false, and Tsiiga, a genus of 

 Conifera?). 



COULTER'S PINE, Pinus Conlteri. 



Parks. June. Best in deep sandy loam, and sheltered from south-westerly 

 winds. The Pines are propagated by seeds sown in well-drained pots of sandy 

 loam in cold greenhouse or frame in April, transplanting outdoors in following 

 spring ; or in moist sandy soil outdoors in April, transplanting one year afterwards. 



Flowers monoecious ; Males yellow ; Females dark reddish-brown ; Fruit 

 a cone, oval, acute, pendant, 10-14 ins. long, 6 ins. diam., weight 4-5 lbs., 

 yellow-brown, scales thick, woody, broad, ending in flattened knobs, armed 

 with incurved spines \-\^ in. long; seeds oval, I in. long, chestnut-brown, 

 tliick shell, wings about 1 in. longer tlian seed, i in. wide. 



Leaves in tufts, usually 3, sometimes 4 or 5, terminal, stout, rigid, 

 triangular, flattened, incurved, 9-12 ins. long, dark blue-green, persistent for 

 3-4 years. 



An evergreen free, 50-70 ft. ; Branches wide apart, long and pendulous 

 below, short and ascending above; branchlets stout, few, orange-brown, 

 becoming nearly black ; Bark dark brown, fissured, scaly ; growth rapid ; 

 JVood light, soft, not strong, brittle, coarse-grained, light red. 



Native of X. America; introduced 1832; seeds sent home by Douglas. 

 Named in lioiiour of Dr. Coulter. Also called P. i/iacrocarpa (Large-coned Pine). 



CORSICAN PINE, Pinm Laricio. 



Parks, gardens. May. Suited for deep, rich soils. This liandsome species 



may be recognised by the straight and finely-rounded trunk and the narrow 



spread of the branches. 



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