CHAP. CXIII. 



CONl'FERjE. 



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Royle makes a similar remark 

 as to the resemblance of this 

 tree to P. tftrobus, and adds 

 " that it is remarkable for its 

 drooping branches, whence it 

 is frequently called the " weep- 

 ing fir," by travellers in the 

 Himalayas. It is found in 

 company with the deodar ce- 

 dar at Narainhetty, in Nepal, 

 and at Simla, Theog, &c., and 

 in the Bhotea Pergunnahs of 

 Kamaon. Dr. Wallich men- 

 tions a variety, if not a species, 

 still nearer to P. 5trobus, at 

 Bainpa and Toka, in Nepal. 

 (Royle Illust.) The rate of 

 growth of this tree, in the cli- 

 mate of London, appears to be 

 nearly the same as that of P. 

 Strobus. A plant in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden, of 

 which fig. 2202. is a portrait, 

 8 years planted, was, in 1837, 

 12ft. high; one at Dropmore, 

 of which Jig. 2201. is a portrait, 

 the same age and 10ft. high, 

 has produced a cone; and one 

 in the Kinnoul Nursery, in the 

 neighbourhood of Perth, was, 

 in 1836, 15 ft. high. P. excelsa 

 is frequent both in Upper 

 Nepal and Bothsam. In the 

 latter country, its timber is 

 preferred by the inhabitants 

 to that of every other pine. It 

 yields in great quantities a 

 2201 



pure and limpid turpentine, by the slightest incision. The scales of the cone 

 also exhibit turpentine, see fig. 2200. to the natural size. The species was 

 introduced into England by Dr. Wallich about 1827; and several plants 

 were raised by Mr. Lambert at Boyton, and in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, in that year. Some appear, according to Mr. Lawson, to have been 

 raised, also, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. Plants, which are rather rare 

 in the London nurseries, are 21s. each. 



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