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slender and twisted, and from tlu^ee to five inclies long : "wliile its cones 

 are very mucli larger, being from five to seven inclies long, and from 

 two to four inches broad at the swell. It attains beigbts of from 

 eigbty to a bundred feet ; is perfectly bardy for our climate ; its timber 

 is good ; and altbongb not so beautiful as Insignis, yet it is a useful 

 ornamental Pine for tbe climate and soil of tbese islands. 



PiNUS ReGELEANA : Kegel's Pine, 



Discovered by Eoezl, and described by Gordon as a new, nay, quite 

 new Pine from Mexico ; and all tbat I at present know is wbat tbese 

 gentlemen state about it, for it happens to be one of tbe "Xew 

 JNIexican Pines," discovered and sent out by tbat impostor that I never 

 got hold of. 



PiNUS ResINOSA: The Ptesinous Pine. 



This is a quasi-species or American form of the Corsican pine, 

 producing good timber, but inferior in quality to the Corsican, and in 

 appearance it differs but little, unless in its more open and distantly 

 placed whorls of branches on the trunk stem, its somewhat smaller 

 cones, and its lighter or yellowish green leaves. It is not so good in 

 constitution, nor so accommodating as to soil and situation as the 

 Corsican Pine ; and should never be planted in preference to it, nor as 

 a profitable timber-tree in this country, while we have the prototype. 

 Being perfectly hardy it is useful enough as a variety in mixed orna- 

 mental plantations ; and its open-branched habit of groAvth is a good 

 contrast to the compact-branched forms of many of the Pines. 



PiNUS RiGIDA : The Stiff-Leaved and Pdgid-Coned Pine. 



This Pine has been more or less cultivated in Britain for the last 

 hundred years. It is a native of tbe United States of America. Its 

 leaves are generally three in a sheath, two and a half to five inches long, 

 stiff, broad, spreading, somewhat twisted, sharp-pointed, and light green 

 in colour ; the cones are from two to four inches long, and from one to 

 two inches broad at the swell, tapering to point and rounded at base, 

 on short footstalks, and very persistent, remaining on the tree for several 

 years ; the branches very numerous but irregularly disposed ; the laterals 

 are also numerous, and all of them well clothed with foliage. It is of 

 no economic value for its timber, but a most useful, hardy, accommo- 

 dating, free-growing, precocicus-coned, sturdy, medium-sized ornamental 

 pine ; for tbe soil and climate of Great Britain and Ireland well 

 adapted. 



PiNUS RUSSELLIANA : Duke of Bedford's Pine. 



Leaves generally five in a sheath, from six to nine inches long, 



