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scription of calcareous soil. With respect to elevation, though it will endure 

 the sea breeze, it will not grow, in England, much above the level of the sea. 

 In Hampshire, at Muddiford, near Christchurch, which, in 1830, was one of the 

 handsomest and best kept small places in England, there are some remarkably 

 fine pinasters, growing so near the sea, that the salt water must have access to 

 their roots. It is propagated by seeds, which may be procured in any quantity, 

 and at a moderate price, from Bordeaux. Seeds are also ripened in several parts 

 of England ; and many trees, as we have already observed (p. 2219.), have been 

 raised from them. The cones, which ripen in the August or September of 

 the second year, may be gathered in October and November, and spread on a 

 floor, under cover, to the thickness of 2ft. or 3ft.; and, during inclement 

 weather in winter, women and children may be employed to take out the 

 seeds. The first process consists in throwing the cones into boiling water 

 for a few seconds, to soften the turpentine which glues the scales together ; 

 immediately afterwards, upon their beginning to snap or crackle, they should 

 be taken out, otherwise the water gets to the seed and injures it. Every 

 knob or scale is then separated with the point of a knife, and the seed is 

 easily taken out. The time of sowing the seeds is April, and the covering 

 from in. to in. When it is intended to plant this species on a large 

 scale, the sooner the young plants are moved to where they are finally to 

 remain, the better ; but in nurseries, where there is only a demand for them in 

 small quantities, they are best kept in pots. 



Statistics. Plnus "Pinaster in England. In the Environs of London. At Fulham Palace, 150 years 

 old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 30ft. ; the girt of this tree, in 

 1793, was 10ft. ; and in 1837, 12ft. (See p. 43) At York House, Twickenham, it is 42ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 33 ft. At Abercorn Priory, Stanmore, it is 60 ft 

 high; and at Syon are several 60 ft. high. South of London. In Cornwall, at Carclew, it is 82ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. In Hampshire, at Testwood, 70 years 

 planted, it is 53ft. high. In Surrey, at Oakham, 33 years planted, it is 45ft. high; at Barwood 

 Park, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft, 6 in., and of the head 60ft.; at Deepdene, 9 years 



planted, it is 10ft. high North of London. In Berkshire, at Bear Wood, 14 years planted, it is 26ft. 



high; at White Knights, 35 years planted, it is 45ft. high. In Durham, at South end, 40 years 

 planted, it is 60ft. high, with a trunk 3ft. in diameter. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 33 

 years planted, it is 40ft. high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is fiO ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 20ft. In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, 

 it is 40 ft. high. In Radnorshire, at Macslaugh Castle, it is 48ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 10 in. in 

 diameter. In Staffordshire, at Teddesley Park, 8 years planted, it is 16ft. high ; in the Handsworth 

 Nursery, 6 years planted, it is 12ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 15 years planted, it is 

 25ft. high ; at Ampton Hall, 12 years planted, it is 22ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Hagley, is one 

 with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter ; at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 20 ft. 



Plnus Pinaster in Scotland. South of Edinburgh. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 20 years planted, 

 it is 25 ft. hijjh. In Haddingtonshire, at Tynninghame, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 2 ft., and of the head 32 ft North of Edinburgh. In the Isle of Bute, at Mount Stewart, 10 years 

 planted, it is 17 ft. high. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36ft. 



Pinus Pinaster in Ireland. At Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 

 15 ft high. In Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 80 years planted, it is 72 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



2 ft. 9 in., and of the head 18 ft In Down, at Mount Stewart, 50 years planted, it is 46ft. high. In 

 Gal way, at Coole, it is 46 ft. high. 



Plnus Pinaster in Foreign Countries. In France, in the park of Clervaux, 44 years planted, it is 

 82 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 52 ft. In Bavaria, in the Botanic 

 Garden, Munich, 18 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In Austria, at Vienna, in Rosenthal's Nursery, 

 25 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. At Briick on the Leytha, 40 years planted, it is 80 ft. high. 

 In Italy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 45 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. Seeds, in London, are 3s. per Ib; one year's seedling 

 plants are 10s. per thousand, and one year transplanted 25.?. per thousand; 

 and plants in pots are Is. 6d. each. At Bollwyller, plants are 1 franc each; and 

 at New York, 1 dollar. 



1 13. P. PI'NEA L. The Stone Pine. 



Identification. Lin. So. PI., 1419. ; Mill. Diet., No. 2. ; Hunt. Evel. Syl., p. 266. ; Vill. Dauph., 3. 



p. 806. ; Lamb. Pin.,ed. 2., 1. 1 10, 11. ; N. Du Ham., 5. p. 2421. ; Ait. Hort. Kew.,ed. l.,3. p. 368.; 



Willd. Berol. Baumz., p. 209. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 116. ; Hayne Dend., p. 341. ; Lawson's 



Manual, p. 341. ; Bon Jard., 1837, p. 974. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Svnonumcs. P. satlva Bauh. Pin., p. 4'Jl ., Blackw., t. 189., Du Ham. Arb., 2. p. 125. ; P. dom^stica 



Matth. L'omm., 87., Tabern. /c.,936. ; Pin Pignon, Pin bon, Pin cultiv, Pin Pinier, Fr. ; Geueiss- 



here Fichte, Ger. 

 Engravings. Blackw., t. 189. ; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 27. ; Tub>rn. Ic., 936. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. 1. 10, 11. ; 



N. Du Ham., 5. t. 72. f. 3. ; Poit et Turp., t. 125. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t 135. ; our fig. 2109., 



to our usual scale \Jigs. 2106. to 2108., of the natural size, from Dropmore and White Knights ; 



and the plate of this tree in our last Volume. 



