cii.Ai 1 . cxi ii. CONI'FEK,*:. PI X HU8, 2285 



mouth pine mav have its beauty : its formality may be concealed. A few of 

 its branches, hanging from a mass of heavier foliage, may appear light and 

 feathery, while its spiry head may often form an agreeable apex to a clump." 

 (For. Seen., i. p. 87.) 



Soil, Situation, $c. We have already observed that the soil and situation 

 for this tree ought to be better than for most other species of pines. Seeds 

 are procured in abundance; and the plants, when sown in spring, come up 

 the first year, and may be treated like those of the Scotch pine. 



Statistics. In the Environs of London. At Whitton Place, there are many trees, the tallest of 

 which is 81 ft. 6 in. high, and the diameter of the trunk 4ft ; at York House, Twickenham, it is 48 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 18 ft. ; at Chiswick Villa, there are various 

 trees, from 50 ft. to 60 ft. high ; at Abercorn Priory, near Stanmore, it is 53 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 30 ft South of London. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 40 years 

 old, it is 36 ft high ; at Compton House, 60 years old, it is 80 ft high, with a trunk 3 ft. in diameter. 

 In Hampshire, at Alresford, 41 years planted', it is 53 ft. high ; at Strath fieldsaye, it is 95ft. high, with 

 a trunk 4ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Somersetshire, at Kingston, it is 95ft high, with a trunk 3ft. in 

 diameter. In Surrey, at Claremont, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 

 36 ft. ; at Deepdene, 10 years planted, it is 22ft. high. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 50 years 

 planted, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., and of the head 57 ft North of Lon- 

 don. In Bedfordshire, at Southhill, it is 45 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. 6in. in diameter. In Berkshire, 

 at Bear Wood, 14 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years 

 planted, it is 50 ft high. In Durham, at Southend, 40 years planted, it is 60ft high ; at Stanwick 

 Park is one with a trunk 2ft in diameter. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 33 years planted, 

 it is 42 ft. high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 44 ft.; at Wakefield Lodge, 12 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In Shropshire, at 

 VVilley Park, 18 years planted, it is 28ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is 50ft. high. In 

 Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 50 ft. In Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, 60 years planted, itis 60 ft. high ; the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 33ft In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 12 years planted, it is 

 32ft. high. 



PIMM.V Stri>bus in Scotland. In the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, it is 50 ft 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 10 in., and of the head 40 ft South of Edinburgh. In Ayr- 

 shire, at Dalquharran, 55 years planted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Berwick- 

 shire, at the Hirsel, 20 years planted, it is 20ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 55 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 2ft. 4 in. in diameter. North of Edinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 

 13 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 48 ft high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institu- 

 tion, 12 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 45 years planted, it is 45 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in. ; at Courtachy Castle, 14 years planted, it is 15ft high. 

 In Inverness-shire, at Cowan, 30 years planted, it is 35ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft, and of 

 the head 25 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 73ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 42 ft ; at Brucefield, it is 60 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 



1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Callendar Park, 39 years planted, it is 45ft high. 



PJww.v S^roAf/s in Ireland. In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, it is 46ft. high. In Fer- 

 managh, at Florence Court, 30 years planted, it is 55 ft. high. In Galway, at Coole, it is 40ft high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 



Plnus Strdbus in Foreii-.n Countries. In France, near Paris, at Beauvais, 30 years planted, it 

 is 80ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft, and of the head 30ft.; at Colombey, near Metz, 

 70 years planted, it is 60ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft.; at M. Angot's, 29 years 

 planted, it is 40ft. high ; in the Park at Clervaux, 32 years planted, it is 71 ft high. In Hanover, 

 at Harbcke, 10 year " ' "" 



diameter of the 

 of the trunk 4 ft. 



4ft in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden at Munich, 18 years planted, it is 20ft. high ; 

 in the English Garden, 25 years planted, it is30fthigh. In Austria, at Vienna, at Luxemburg, 30 years 

 planted, it is 25 ft. high ; in RosenthaPs Nursery, 60 years planted, it is 40 ft. high ; at Hadersdorf, 

 50 years planted, it is 40 ft high ; at Briick oii the Leytha, 30 years planted, it is 40ft high. In 

 Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 years planted, it is 40ft. high; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years 

 planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Italy, at Desio, near Monza, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, per thousand, 

 1 year's seedlings, 8s.; 2 years' seedlings, 12s.; 1 year's transplanted, 20s.; and 

 transplanted plants from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 50s. At Bollwyller, plants are 

 from 1 franc to 2 francs each ; or, per hundred, 4 years old and transplanted, 

 30s. At New Yorl;, plants are from 50 cents to 75 cents, and as high as 

 1 dollar each, according to their size. 



1 40. P. (#.) EXCE'LSA Wallich. The lofty, or Bhotan, Pine. 



Identification. Wall. PI. As. Ran, 1 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. ; Royle Illust; Lawson's Manual, p. 363. 

 Synonymes P. Dicksdnti Hort. ; Chilla.or ChyUa, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone and Gurhwal ; Lem- 



shing, Bhotea ; Raesula, or King of the Firs, Hindostan. 

 Engravings. Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. ; our fig. 2199., to our usual scale- ; 



and figs. 2197. and 219)> , of the natural size, from Wallich, Lambert, and from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in fives, very long, and slender, loose. Crest of the 

 anthers roundish, truncate ; simple, lacerated. Cones cylindrical, smooth, 

 pendulous, longer than the leaves. (Wall.) Buds, on the tree in the Hor- 



m. nign ; in me rarK ar uiervaux, 02 years piantea, it is /i it. nign. in Hanover, 

 years plant ed, it is 16 ft. high ; at Schwobber, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft. high, the 

 > trunk 3 ft. In Saxony, at Worlitz, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter 

 t. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft. In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it has a trunk 



