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Peninsula and seems to grow as fast as the Cluster-pine. 

 The Insignis-pine cannot stand severe drought, and for this 

 reason probably its growth is often uncertain and 

 disappointing. But, in cold, damp, mountainous localities, 

 it is the best of all the Pines and grows into the noble tree 

 of the Nilgiri Mountains in S. India, and of the cooler 

 portions of Australia and of New Zealand. Clean seed 

 averages 1,212 to the ounce. 



Pinus Laricio. CORSICAN PINE. 



A tree of the mountains of S. Europe where it grows 

 above the Cluster-pine and forms valuable forests remark- 

 able for tfieir fine clean boles. Among several forms the 

 Black Austrian Pine is a less well-shaped variety that 

 extends down to the plains. This has been largely used 

 for planting in dry, gravelly, and calcareous soils in France, 

 but not in sandy soil. 



The Corsican Pine does not succeed in the Tape Peninsula 

 but might be of great value in situations better adapted 

 to its wants. While at Kew in England it is the largest 

 and best growing pine, my experience of it so far in Cape 

 Colony is exactly the reverse. Clean seed averages 2,080 

 to the ounce. 



Pinus pinaster. CLUSTER-PINE-Mannetje Danne boom. 



A native of S. Europe, common in Corsica, rare in Algeria. 

 Generally found near the coast, but ascending the moun- 

 tains as high as 4,000 ft. in Spain. It extends along the 

 whole Mediterranean seaboard, but the largest forests and 

 the loftiest trees are in S. W. Europe. Its distribution is 

 the inverse of the Jerusalem -pine, that tree being abundant 

 on the Eastern side of S. Europe and rare on the Western. 

 In Cape Colony these two Pines have a similar liking for 

 East and West, In the South-western district? Cluster- 

 pine is by far the most vigorous grower of any Pine. It 

 and the Stone-pine form the beautiful pine woods of the 

 Cape Peninsula. It is the wonderful tree that has trans- 

 formed the sand- wastes of Gascony in the S.W. of France, 

 where it has been planted more largely than any other 



