TREES AND SHRUBS 



STONE PINE, Pinm Pinea. 



Parks, plantations. May, June. Best in sandy soil near sea, sheltered. 



Floivers monoecious ; Male Jlorvers in axils of lower scale-leaves, forming 

 a cylindrical, spicate cone, \-^ in. long, each flower consisting of several 

 yellow stamens ; Female flourfs solitary, or two together at top of lateral 

 shoots, erect at first, pendulous afterwards, f in. long, scales pale green ; 

 Fruit a cone, solitary, orbicular, 4-6 ins. long, 3 ins. diani., red-brown, 

 ripening in third year, scales stout, ligneous, hard, 2 ins. long, 1-1:|^ in. wide, 

 cuneate, with a rhomboid boss and broad blunt prickle ; seeds f in. long, 

 very short wing, enclosed in bony shell, ripening in fourth year. 



Leaves on young trees single, short, later on in pairs, united at base by 

 a pale sheath, semi-cylindrical, apex sub-acute, rigid, edges slightly scabrous, 

 6-8 ins. long, bright green, persisting 2-3 years. 



An evergreen tree, 30-35 ft. ; with rounded umbrella-like head ; Branches 

 spreading, mostly at top, stumps left as laterals decay ; branc/ilets generally 

 ascending ; Bark red-grey, thick, rough, fissured longitudinally, often deeply 

 peeling in patches ; JFood soft, light, fine-grained, not durable ; used in 

 carpentry. 



Native of Mediterranean, reaching 80 ft. in height. Often called Umbrella 

 Pine. In Italy seeds eaten at dessert, and preserved as sweetmeats. 



YELLOW PINE, Pinus ponderosa. 



Parks. May. 



Floivers monoecious ; Males yellow, persistent 4-5 years ; Females clustered 

 or in pairs, dark red; Cones 3-G ins. long, ovoid, sub-terminal, singly or clusters 

 2-4, generally at extremities of smaller branches ; bosses of scales with small 

 recurved triangular subulate spines; seeds ovate, acute, | in. long, wings 1-1 j 

 in. by 1 in. 



Leaves in twos or threes, 0-12 ins. long, sometimes twisted at base, 



rather rigid, 3-angled, compressed, edges rough, deep glaucous green, persistent 



sheaths 1 in. long, shrivelled on older ones, mostly deciduous in third season. 



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