TAB. 28. 



PINUS RUBRA 



NEWFOUNDLAND RED PINE 



Pmus RUBRA, follis solitarlis subulatis acuminatis, strobilis oblongis obtusis; squamis rotundatis sub- 



bilobis margine intcgris. 



P. Americana rubra, foliis solltariis subulatis, apice acuminatis, bifariam versis, conis ovalibus pendulis 



Wangenh, Beyt. 75. t. iQ.f. SA. , 



Newfoundland red Spruce Fir. DuRoi. Harhh ed. Pott, v, 2. 182, 



Habitat in America Septentrionali. 

 Floret Maio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



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Prsecedente bumilior, cortice rubro-fusco. Folia acuminata. Amenta mascula nondum vidi matura: 

 fcemmca ovata sessllia. StrobiU ovato-cylindracei, unciales vel sesquiunciales, penduli, rubicundi, 

 losveS; squamis euncatis, apice rotundatis, demum bilobis, margine intcgris. 



The specimen represented in the plate was taken from a young tree in the gardens of Messrs. 

 Whately and Barrett, at Brompton^ where it was planted by Mr. Thoburn, who took more pains in 

 the cultivating of Pines than any gardener of his time. The two full-grown cones at the bottom of the 

 plate are taken from fine specimens received from America by that able and well known gardener 

 Mr. Loddige of Hackney. Wangenheim says that P. rubra grows only in the more northern parts of 

 America, and mostly in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. It is found in a moist cold soil, and never 

 attains a o-reater height than thirty feet. The hark is of a brownish red colour, smooth on the younger 

 branches and rouo-h on the older. It is used for building fishing-boats, 8cc. 8cc. The leaves arc not 

 much more than half an inch in length, awl-shaped and acute, but otherwise resembling those of the 

 former. These and the young sprouts are used for making Spruce Beer. It is said that the flowers 

 appear in Nova Scotia towards the end of May. The seed is smaller than that of P. sylvestris, and ripens 

 in November. It is contained in oval cones which are about one inch or more in lengdi, blunt, and 

 of a reddish brown colour. They seem to differ from those of P. alha, in being rather thicker and the 

 scales of firmer texture. The scales have all a deep notch, and are longer than those of the preceding 

 species, as well as of a redder colour, which circumstances, added to the more diminutive size of the 

 tree, distinguish P. rubra at once, when it is seen growing with P. nigra. Resin runs in abundance out 

 of the scalel when ripe, and overspreads them with a crust, which nature seems to have given by way 

 of protection against the coldness and humidity of the American winters. 



There are a iQ^^ trees of this species in the nursery at Brompton, but they are too young to produce 



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