TREES AND SHRUBS 



Floxvers monoecious; Male catkins at extremities of shoots, 6-15 in a 

 cluster, 1-1+ in. long, yellow; Females solitary or 2-3 in cluster, ovoid, 

 reddish, scales with blunt triangular point, bract scales scarious ; Fruit a 

 cone, solitary, or in pairs, or sometimes 3-4, pointing horizontally or slightly 

 downwards, conical, straight or curved, yellowish-brown or tawny, 2-4 ins. 

 long, 1|^ in. diam. at base, bosses on young cones reddish-purple, scales 

 elliptic, convex, short point ; seeds oval, greyish, with black spots, ripe in 

 third year, wing 3-4 times length of seed. 



Leaves 2-5 in a sheath, slender, ascending, spreading, curved or wavy, often 

 twisted, finely striated, finely serrated, obtuse at apex, flat on one side, convex 

 on other, dark green, glaucous, 4-8 ins. long, persistent 3-4 years. 



An evergreen ti^ee, 80-140 ft.; ei-ect, pyramidal; Branches not numerous, 

 in whorls of 5-6, often twisted at extremities, with tendency to curve round 

 tree and upwards ; Bark reddish-grey, large plates ; Buds ovate, acute, 

 resinous ; Wood white, becoming brownish-yellow when seasoned, coarse- 

 grained, elastic, resinous, easily worked, durable, takes high polish. 



Native of S. Europe; said to have been introduced in 1814, but probably 

 first planted at Kew in 1759 ; said to live 000 years. 



Bark and leading shoots attacked by Pine Beetle [Hijlesinus piniperda). 



AUSTRIAN PINE, Pinus Larido, v. nigricans. 



Parks, plantations. May. Does well on poor soils and in bleak and exposed 

 situations, making an excellent seaside tree ; best on chalky soil. This is 

 distinguished from the Corsican Pine by the much greater spi'ead of the brandies, 

 the shaggy dark green foliage, and the light grey buds. 



Floivers monoecious ; Male flowers %-\ in. long, brilliant yellow, cylindrical, 



sub-sessile in axils of scale-leaves ; Stamens shortly stalked ; Female cones on 



sides of shoots, sub-terminal, 1-3, sub-sessile, bright red ; Fruit a cone, 2-3 ins. 



long, sessile, erect, with rounded base, lying almost horizontal, scales smooth 



and shining, bosses strong, yellowish-brown ; seeds ripened in about \\ year. 



Leaves in ])airs, dense, rigid, erect, straight, rounded on one side, slightly 



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