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It is described by Lambert " as a large tree, about tbe 

 size of Pinus sylvestris, but much more spreading, sending 

 out numerous large, declining, and horizontal branches from 

 the summit to the base, the lower branches 

 almost equalling the trunk in size. 1 ' This 

 description of the large size of the lower 

 branches answers to the growth of some Pines 

 we procured about fifteen years ago, under 

 the name of Pinus Tatarica or Taurica, now 

 considered synonyms of Pinus pallasiana. 

 Our plants are very hardy in constitution and 

 grow rapidly, their annual shoots being near- 

 ly two feet in length, but their growth is 

 fastigiate and not spreading ; they also esta- 

 blish themselves firmly in the ground, and 

 have never suffered from our severest storms 

 of wind or snow, and we consider it, if not 

 as a timber tree, at least as an ornamental 

 appendage well worthy of cultivation. 



By Pallas, its wood, though knotty, is described as being 

 very durable and full of resin. 



The Pinus Austriaca, Austrian or Black Pine, Pinus 

 nigrescens of some of the German botanists, is another 

 species lately introduced, which promises to be a most 

 valuable addition to our sylva. It is nearly related to 

 Pinus pallasiana and Pinus laricio, but seems to possess 

 characters sufficiently marked to warrant its separation from 

 them as a botanical species. The bud is narrower than 

 that of the Pinus pallasiana and coated with a white 

 resin. It is a native of Austria, in which country it pos- 

 sesses an extensive range, covering, according to Captain 

 Widdrington,* a considerable portion of the plain to the 



* See paper " On some species of European Pine," by Captain Widdrington, 

 R.N., in No. 49, " Annals and Magazine of Natural History." 



