268 Pinetum IVobumeme. 



pine, which, in the East, attains a great height, affords a vast shade, and pro- 

 duces an edible fruit, sweet as almonds. " The P. Tinea appears to have been 

 a favourite tree with Don John de Castro, the conqueror of Portuguese India. 

 His Grace the Duke of Bedford informs me that the gigantic pines in the 

 gardens of the Penha Verde, at Cintra, were all planted by Don John himself, 

 and even with his own hand. He was born about the year 1500, bore an 

 eccentric character, and would not allow any fruit trees to be planted in the 

 same garden with his favourite pines. These trees have now attained a great 

 height, and produce numerous cones with perfect seeds. A few years since, 

 while His Excellency Lord G. W. Russell was residing as British minister at 

 Lisbon, His Lordship's children collected a large quantity of seeds from the 

 pine trees at Cintra, and forwarded them to Woburn, where several hundred 

 plants were raised from them; which have now attained the height of betwixt 

 two and three feet, and are dispersed throughout the different plantations. 

 It is, however, singular, that only one tree of the Tinea is to be met with of 

 any size in any of the plantations in the vicinity of Woburn, and that specimen 

 is not above twelve feet high." 



Notices have been sent us of various trees named Pinus Pinea ; but, on ex- 

 amining the specimens, or the trees themselves, we have generally found them 

 to be only P. Pinaster. We believe there are very few trees above 12 or 15 

 feet high of this species in England. In Italy the stone pine does not appear 

 to be indigenous, being only found in the neighbourhood of houses, and 

 never, we believe, in masses on the Apennines, or anywhere of a large size. 

 It is considered more as a fruit tree than a timber tree, and as such might 

 be planted in the form of an orchard in England, where, as at Woburn and 

 Dropmore, it would ripen cones with very good kernels. 



Pinus japonica, Pin. Wob. p. 33. " This pine was raised by Mr. Murray of 

 the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, from seeds that he received from Japan. It is 

 the only species of pine that has yet been introduced from that country to 

 Britain ; but whether it will ultimately prove a distinct species from those 

 hitherto cultivated in our collections, cannot yet be determined, as the plant 

 in this collection is not above 18 inches high, consequently it has not assumed 

 its natural character nor produced cones." (p. 33.) 



Pinus nepalensis, Pin. Wob. p. 34. Leaves in pairs, occasionally in threes, 

 from eight to ten inches long, cylindrical on the exterior surface, and slightly 

 concave on the interior, smooth, slender, and of a dark green colour. 

 Sheaths short, torn at the apex. 



This plant was received from Mr. Lawson, of Edinburgh, who considered it 

 a distinct species. It certainly appears very different from any of the species 

 that I am acquainted with, frequently producing binate, ternate, and quarter- 

 nate leaves on the same shoot, from eight to ten inches long, rounded on the 

 exterior surface, and concave on the inner ; the margins are finely serrated ; 

 the young leaves of a glaucous hue, becoming of a bright green colour when 

 at maturity. This pine is very tender, and requires to be well protected 

 during the winter months. It is a native of Nepal, (p. 34.) 



Ternatce. Leaves generally in threes. 



Pinus variabilis, Pin. Wob. pi. 11., Arb. Brit. 2195., and Hort. Li"", p. 118. 

 as P. milis. ' b " '' 



Pinus mltis, Pin. Wob. p. 37., Arb. Brit. 2195., Hort. Lig. p 118 Lam- 

 bert's P. variabilis has always appeared to us a very doubtful" species • 'perhaps 

 only a variety of P. Pas\la. " 



Pinus sinensis, Pin. Wob pi. 12., Arb. Brit. p. 2264., Hort. Li* p 120 

 The fine tree of this species at Redleaf, unquestionably the larges^'in Eng- 

 land (see Arb. Brit.), was killed to the ground in the winter of 1837-8 

 Pinus rigida, Pin. Wob. pi. 12., Arb. Brit. p. 2239., Hort. Li<> p 119 

 Pinus T<s s da, Pin. Web. pi. 14., Arb. Brit. p. 2237., Hort Lie p 119 

 Pinus ponderdsa, Pin. Wob. pi. 15., Arb. Brit. p. 2244., Hort. Lig.' p. 120. 

 lhe plant at Woburn was, in 1838, twelve feet high. 



