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exceed a height of thirty feet, where it is seen growing in proximity 

 to Japanese temples. The plants of this pine at Rochester are 

 small. There are, however, beautiful specimens in Long Island 

 and in the Arnold Arboretum and elsewhere, which in the compact 

 habit of growth, massive light green foliage, look remarkably 

 handsome. 



The Mountain Pine (P. monticola) resembles the ^Miite Pine, 

 but it has a more pyramidal outline. Our plants are small, but it 

 appears to be perfectly hardy. There is a good individual at the 

 Cambridge Botanic Gardens, and it is quite promising in the 

 Arnold Arboretum. 



The Macedonian White Pine (P. Pence) has a decidedly conical 

 stiff outline, but it has nevertheless a very attractive appearance. 

 It is quite hardy, slow-growing, and rare in cultivation. 



The Squirrel Pine or American Cembrian Pine (P. flexilis) is 

 very slow growing with us and assumes the habit of a spreading 

 bush. This pine is found growing on the Rocky Mountains at 

 very high altitudes, frequently in bushy form. It is very ornamental 

 and quite hardy. 



The Japanese White Pine (P. jxirmflora) has so far made a very 

 good record in this country. It is growing quite satisfactorily at 

 various places in the New England States. It has short silvery 

 leaves and looks quite distinct from other white pines. It is said 

 to attain a height of 60 to 70 feet at maturity in Japan. 



Lambert's Pine (P. Lambert i ana) , which is pronounced hardy 

 at Boston, has not as far as we are aware ever been tested at Roches- 

 ter. It is difficult to procure in nurseries, and only just recently 

 have we been able to secure a few plants of it. It is one of the 

 most beautiful of the white pines. 



The Bhotan Pine (P. Nepalensis) is an elegant tree where it 

 succeeds. The long drooping silvery leaves look remarkably 

 handsome. When it attains a height of 15 feet or so with us it 

 becomes diseased and fails. There is, however, a good healthy 

 specimen on the estate of Mrs. Oilman Perkins at Rochester about 

 40 feet high. 



Amongst the pines with three leaves in a sheath, the Pitch Pine 

 (P. rifjida) is one of the hardiest. It is not considered by some 

 people to be ornamental. During late years we have formed 



