The Pines 



hardy in England, where the Aleppo and cluster pines are much 

 used for seaside planting. 



China and Japan and Korea have furnished some excep- 

 tionally handsome pines that are hardy and vigorous in American 

 parks and gardens. The Korean Pine {P. Koraiensis), is a 

 handsome, narrowly pyramidal tree when young, becoming very 

 picturesque when old. It is a slow-growing pine, well adapted to 

 small gardens. The foliage is thick, and dark green with pale 

 linings. From China comes the Lacebark Pine {P. Bungeafia), 

 with light-green foliage and white, intricately netted bark, slow of 

 growth and hardy north. 



From Japan we have three species. The little P. parviflora, 

 often dwarfed by potting at home, is charming in its abundance 

 of red cones in the dense pyramid of bluish-green leaves. It is 

 one of Japan's forest trees, growing to 80 feet in height. The 

 Red Pine {P. densiflora), also a great tree at home, attains a 

 goodly size in cultivation, grows rapidly, with long branches 

 spreading into a broad head. The foliage is bluish green. Many 

 forms with variegated leaves have been derived from this species. 

 The Black Pine {P. Thunbergi), another large tree from Japan, 

 has bright green foliage, and grows in a handsome broad 

 pyramid. 



Himalayan Pines, two in number, both large trees at 

 home, are cultivated here. Their other points of beauty are all 

 secondary to the charm of their long, drooping leaves. The 

 Bhotan Pine, P. excelsa, has blue-green leaves, 6 to 8 inches long, 

 and cylindrical stalked cones of about equal length. It is hardy 

 to the neighbourhood of Boston. P. longifolia is a tender species 

 cultivated in California, Its leaves are pale green, 8 to 12 inches 

 long, slender and pendulous. No more beautiful pine can be im- 

 agined than a young and vigorous Himalayan longleaf v/ith the 

 wind playing among its drooping leaf clusters. 



The Mexican White Pine {P. Ayacahuite), a near relative 

 of our Northern white pine, and resembling the Himalayan species 

 in the pendulous leaf habit, is unknown to any but a few spe- 

 cialists. But it is sure to be recognised and widely planted 

 where it is hardy. The tree is graceful and symmetrical, its 

 whorls of slender branches held well apart and horizontal. The 

 droop is in the leaves themselves, pale green, bluish and 4 to 6 

 inches long. The handsome cones are 9 to 15 inches long, 



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