Pimis Pondcrosa and P . Benthamiana. 



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In the year 1849, J^I''- Gordon (author of the " Pinetum "), who then 

 had charge of the London Horticultural Society's garden, described the 

 Benthamiana in the journal of that society, and gave a drawing of the cone 

 and leaves. Again we find it enumerated in " A Catalogue of Coniferous 

 Plants, with their Synonymes," prepared by Mr. Gordon and Dr. Lindley, 

 and published in the journal of the London Horticultural Society in 1850. 



In that list, the synonymes given to P. Benthamiana are /-". brachyptera 

 (F.nglcman) and /'. Sinchii ii iY\.ooV^x). 



PiNus Benthamiana (one-fourth natural size) 



In Carriere's " Traitu general des Conifers," published in 1855, and in 

 Gordon's " Pinetum," published in 1858, it is described fully, and no doubt 

 expressed as to its distinctness. 



It is to be found in all the principal collections of conifers in Europe, 

 and enumerated distinctly in the leading nursery-men's catalogues. 



I remember having seen, not long ago, a notice of one at Dropmore, Eng- 

 land, twenty-seven feet eight inches in height, and two feet four inches girth. 

 There must be others larger than this. 



