PINES. 14-5 



Pinus montana pumila. (/'. muyhus. ) Dwarf Pine. 



Dwarf Mountain Pine. 



Leaves dark green, crowded, stiff, twisted, about 2 inches 

 long-, falling during fifth, sixth and seventh years. Cones, 

 usually in pairs, nearly 2 inches long, tapering, with slight 

 points to the scales. A densely branched shrub or possibly 

 a small tree 2 to 10 feet high. 



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Fig. 34. Pinus montana pumila. Dwarf Pine. 



Distribution. Mountains of central Europe. 



Propagation. Easily grown from seeds. 



Uses. The Dwarf Pine is one of the hardiest of Pines. It 

 is of pretty, close shrubby form and takes kindly to pruning 

 which often greatly improves it. The plants from seed vary 

 quite a little in habit, some being dwarf and spreading while 

 others are quite erect and tree-like. It is valuable for single 

 specimens in lawn planting, for the edges of evergreen groups 

 and for low hedges. 



Genus LABIX. 



A genus of large, deciduous, cone-bearing trees. Leaves 

 needle shaped, soft, deciduous, very many in clusters which 

 are developed in early spring- from lateral, scaly, globular 

 buds, which are scattered along the shoots of the season. 



Propagation. The seeds germinate readily in moist sandy 

 soil and the seedlings are easily raised in the manner de- 

 scribed for evergreens. They should be transplanted very 

 early in the spring and if this is done at the right time the 



