

PINUS PONDEROSA AND P. BENTHAMIANA. 



By P. Barry, Rochester, N.Y. 



Mr. Hoopes, in his recent treatise, " The Book of Evergreens," seems 

 to regard these two noble CaUfornia pines as identical ; enumerating ^<?;;//;^- 

 tniana among the synonymes of poiidcrosa. I think this is an error, as 

 both are now well known in collections both in this countr}' and Europe, 

 and appear to be quite distinct. 



In 1854, I think, we imported P. pondcrosa from Europe. One of those 

 now in our ground i is a splendid tree, upwards of thirty feet in height. 

 In 1855, or thereabouts, we procured from Mr. Beardsley, a well-known 

 collector, a quantity of seeds of California trees, among which were both 

 of these pines. Of the JBetithamiana we raised about a thousand plants. 

 Our largest plant of this is about eight feet in height ; but many that we 

 sold must be much larger, as our tree was not planted where it now stands 

 until our whole stock was about disposed of. The leaves of the Befiiha- 

 7niana are in threes, same 2iS pondcrosa, but are somewhat longer, and more 

 slender and flexible, which causes them to droop slightly ; whilst those of 



