ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



iMil, after bc:n_ r I ^ ^ ears planted, iHlt. hiijh. /'. halepensis is the most 

 tender of European pines, not even excepting P. / > inea. 



di (i^n/jstiu. The Aleppo pine is indigenous in Svria, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Aleppo, in Jerusalem ; in Barbary, on the mountains of Atlas ; on 

 the hills of Provence, and in the neighbourhood of Toulon and Frejns, in 

 France, where it is called the pin blanc ; and throughout great part of Spain. 

 According to Captain Cook, it forms great part of the forests of Upper 

 Catalonia, and in the Aleborca, a district of New Castile, near the Guada- 

 laxara, but not rising so high on "he mountains as the P. /'master. It is 

 alwa\s found in dry, sandy, warm soils, and thrives admirably among rocks, 

 where the roots of few other trees \\ill find subsistence. 



Histnni. The Aleppo pine was first cultivated in England in Uih.'i, by 

 Bishop Compton, under the name of P. hierosolymitana. (7V///',v Letters, 

 p. 171.) In 17.'>^, cones of the tree were sent from Aleppo to Miller, who 

 raised plants from them, most of which, however, were destroyed by the 

 severe winter of 17-10. As cones are readily procured from France, the 

 species is not rare in British nurseries; but, though one of the most orna- 

 mental of the genus, it has not been much planted. In Scotland and Ire- 

 land, it is rarely to be met with ; it is not common in the neighbourhood of 

 Paris, being destroyed there by very severe winters, such as that of 178H, 

 which killed all the trees in the vicinity of the French capital; and in Ger- 

 many, and at New York, it is a green-house plant. 



Properties and [*.scs. The wood is White, with a fine grain, which becomes 

 dark in old trees. In Provence, it is much used for joinery, and also for 

 making pumps for vessels. According to Bosc (.Inn. de FAgr., Feb. I8^(i, 

 as quoted by Delamarre), the Aleppo pine is very common between Mar- 

 seilles and Antibes, where it rivals in height ami thickness the pinaster, and 

 its wood is considered verv superior. The chief employment, however, of 

 the tree is lor extracting its resinous products, for which it is much preferred 

 to the pinaster. The liquid resin extracted from this tree in Provence, 

 where it is called fc pin lilanc, is often sold for Venice turpentine ; and the 

 tar produced by it in the same country is esteemed greatly superior to 

 that of Bordeaux, which is made from the pinaster. The variety P. h. marf- 

 tiiua, as we have seen. p. 2^.'>^., is used lor various purposes in Greece, and, 

 aiuoiu; others, the bark is employed for tanning hides. In Britain, P, hale- 

 pen^i- can onlv be considered as ornamental; and, when planted singly on a 

 lawn, it form- one of the handsomest species of the genus. According to 

 Bosc, it i-- the most elegant of European pines. 



Statistics, lii Kii':lai;d. At Fulliam I'alace, 17 > ears planted, it is L'Oft. high. In Surrey, at 

 (JakK'in l'.t:k, 11 year- plant* d, u i- l ;tt. In^-li. In Berkshire, at \Vhiti' Knights, ;>S years planted, 

 it is "'7l'. hih. In Hertfordshire, at < he-hunt, In year- planted, it is Id ft. ln^h. In "Staffordshire) 

 at Trent!, am. it i- ." it. li.L'li. In Suffolk, at Anipton Hall, 1^ year- planted, it is lii ft. hi^h. In 

 Worcester hiiv, at Croome, !' i \ ear- planted, it isl'Mt. hi-h. In' Ireland. Ill the (ilasnevin Hotanic 

 (iarden, ',:, year- planted, it i.- \:, It. hi^h, at Terennre, S year.- planted, it is s ft. hi^h. In Kilkenny, 



'din des 1'lantes, -10 years planted, 



Cmiiiiii ;( in! Slalixlu .v. Plants, in the London nurseries, are ~2s. Cxi. each 

 at BolK\\l!er, I franc .'jO tents; and at New York, 7.; cents. 



l-.i, K f,n-iHe* l/iinli. I'in.,<u,l. .;. t.sj. ; and on. ^ . 11 ,. and '.11.;.. from Lambert, and from a young 

 tree in the Horticultural Society's l.anlen, sent there by Mr. Lambert. 



Xpi >'. Cl/tir., <.\<-. Leases in pairs, \erv l<>ii'_ r , slender, \\a\\. Cones sessile, 

 crowded, ovate, Hiiooth. Srale^ truncate at the ajiex, llattish, ninbilicate. 

 (Lrnnli.) lii(ls ( see fin. :i I 1 I . ) j| in. long, and J in. broad ; ovate, pointed, 

 whitish, aixl whollv without resin; centre bud surrounded bv three smaller 

 buds. Lia\c- from '>\ in. to I in. !<>n'_:, <>n the \oiiii 1 : plant in the Horti- 

 cultural SoeieU's (iarden; but al;o\e (, in. Ion- m .Mr. Lambert's figure. 

 Sheaths, m both, less tl.ah .', in. in length. 



