426 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



One of these trees, planted out in a bed near the pagoda, is barely 3 feet high at 

 present. Another which was sent to Colesborne was planted in a high exposed 

 situation in my park, where it grows very vigorously on oolite soil. 



When in Bosnia, on my way to collect seeds, I was obliged to return home 

 suddenly, but my companion, Mrs. Nicholl, who visited the Prenj mountain, pro- 

 cured a quantity of seeds which I sowed in 1902, and which have grown as fast as 

 either the Corsican or Austrian pines, and look more healthy and vigorous on my 

 soil than any other pine I have raised. They form a much better root-system when 

 young than either the Austrian or Corsican pine, and in consequence are much more 

 easy to transplant. I moved a number in September last just before a period of 

 drought, and they have passed through a severe winter with very few deaths ; I 

 therefore believe that the tree will be a good one for planting in dry limestone soils, 

 and may have a greater ornamental if not economic value than the Austrian pine. 



(H. J. E.) 



