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Pinus pinea. STONE PINE Wijfje Danne boom. 



This is one of the two Pines that are naturalized 

 and grow spontaneously almost everywhere in the Cape 

 Peninsula. Do not plant it except for the edible nut ; 

 otherwise for practical purposes it may be looked upon as 

 an inferior variety of Cluster-pine, being subject to a 

 fungoid disease that destroys the terminal shoots and 

 greatly injures the whole crown. It is the well-known 

 "Umbrella-pine" of Italian scenery and pictures. Common 

 along the sandy coast of Italy where, as here, it is often 

 found growing with the Cluster-pine. In 8. Italy and 

 Sicily it ascends the mountains to 2,000 feet elevation. 

 It is largely grown there as a fiuit tree, the paper-shell 

 variety being the favourite. The Stone-pine is somewhat 

 more durable in the ground than the Cluster-pine, but 

 for practical purposes neither should be used out of doors 

 unless creosoted. These two Pines grow so much together 

 and have such a different value that it becomes important 

 to distinguish them. Many people fail to do so. 



Cluster -pine. 

 Cones : Long-shaped. 



Seed : Small and winged. 

 Leaves or needles : Long. 

 Seed-leaves : Green. 

 Growth : Kapid. 



Stone-pine. 

 Cones : When ripe, a large 



round ball. 



Seed : An edible nut or stone. 

 Leaves or needles: Less long. 

 Seed-leaves : Bluish-white. 

 Growth: Often not much more 



than half that of 

 the Cluster-pine. 

 Old trees : Umbrella-shaped. 



An ounce of seed contains about 40 nuts. 



Pinus rigida. PITCH-PINE. 



This is the so-called Pitch-pine of the Northern States 



of America. This tree is cultivated in the Government 



plantations, but is hardly likely to prove a successful 



introduction except at a considerable elevation. It pro- 



\ mises well on Table Mountain at 2,50G feet elevation. 



