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x 3 ft., the Jerusalem -pine will be little better than a bash* 

 The wood is a coarse deal. It thrives best where there is 

 lime in the soil. At Port Elizabeth it takes the place of 

 the Cluster-pine at Cape Town. Indeed in S. Africa these 

 two pines have the same natural distribution as in S. Europe 

 where the Cluster-pine is the "Western tree, the Jerusalem- 

 pine the Eastern tree. Except in certain localities 

 (probably where there is plenty of lime in the soil), the 

 Jerusalem-pine grows about half as fast as the Cluster- 

 pine of the Cape Peninsula. There is a group of well- 

 grown trties with natural reproduction in Hof Street, near 

 the top of the Avenue, at Cape Town. The Jerusalem -pine 

 is easily recognised by its small cones, its scanty and open 

 foliage, the smooth whitish bark of its young stems, and 

 its bushy habit of growth. It is a tree of dry countries 

 and unfortunately its light convert renders Jerusalem-pine 

 forest peculiarly liable to burn. It is not liked by Algerian 

 Foresters for this reason. It should only be planted in 

 localities too dry for better class pines. It yields a second- 

 class timber similar to Cluster-pine. An ounce of Jerusa- 

 lem-pine seed averages about 900 grains. 



Pinus insignis. INSIGNIS PINE. 



A quick -growing Pine producing nevertheless a fine deal 

 that planes up with a good surface like the imported deals. 

 It is a native of the Californian coast, and also, it is stated, 

 of the lower mountains (Pinetum Erit). Fairly hardy in 

 S. England I saw some fine trees of all ages in 

 Devonshire. In the Cape Peninsula it is at first more fast 

 growing than the Cluster-pine, but this position is soon 

 reversed. At Tokai it is suffering to an increasing extent 

 from a disease, seemingly the same as that which affects 

 the Stone-pine so seriously in the Cape Peninsula. In the 

 Natal plantations the Insignis-pine dies off from another 

 disease. Though a native of California where the summer 

 droughts are severe, the Insignis-pine both in Australia and 

 in S. Africa succeeds best where the summer droughts are 

 emitigated by some elevation on the mountains. In th 

 moist Knysna climate it thrives better than in the Cape 



