Pinus I o 1 9 



by 6 ft. 8 in. It is pyramidal in habit, with slightly ascending branches. I have 

 raised seedlings from this tree which appeared to me to be hardy, as they endured 

 very severe frosts in early autumn and late spring. Planted, however, on rather 

 heavy soil in a low situation, they succumbed to a frost certainly below zero in the 

 winter of 1908- 1909. The tree seems to endure lime in the soil without injury, and 

 may be planted in a dry sunny position in most parts of England. 



Another large tree is growing at Beauport, Sussex, and was 55 ft. high and 8 ft. 

 in girth in 1904. At a distance this tree is indistinguishable from P. excelsa, having 

 the wide-spreading branches and upturned branchlets which are usual in that species. 

 It bears cones freely, but had increased little in size when seen in 1909. 



There is a fine specimen at Bicton, which Mr. H. Clinton-Baker measured in 

 1908 as 65 ft. by 7 ft. 8 in. At Batsford Park, Gloucestershire, the seat of Lord 

 Redesdale, there are two trees, the larger measuring 42 ft. by 3 ft. The other, 

 more dense in habit and with less spreading branches, is scarcely so tall, and is 

 2 ft. 10 in. in girth. In Shroner wood, near Winchester, at 450 feet elevation, there 

 is a narrow pyramidal tree, 5 1 ft., by 3 ft. 8 in., which was bearing ripe cones in February 

 1 910. Mr. E. L. Hillier, who has sent us specimens, stated that this tree was planted 

 in 1889, and is making very rapid growth. 



Another in Messrs. Paul and Son's nursery at High Beech, Essex, which was 

 planted probably in 1850-55, is only 30 ft. by 2 ft. 8 in. It survived the severe 

 winter of 1 860, which killed a deodar standing beside it ; but subsequent hard 

 winters have much damaged the stem on the north side. It bore cones ^ 9 in. long 

 in 1882, and in subsequent years up to 1903, but the seeds proved unfertile when 

 sown. 



At Grayswood, Haslemere, trees of this species, growing on light sandy soil, 

 succumbed to the attack of a fungus which affects Weymouth pine in that neighbour- 

 hood. 



Var. Veitchii was introduced in 1857 by Roezl, who gave it many specific 

 names. It is extremely rare in cultivation in England, where, however, it thrives in 

 the mild humid climate of the west and south-west. The largest tree ^ known to us 

 is growing at Heligan, near St. Austell, Cornwall, in the grounds of John Tremayne, 

 Esq., who informed us in 1906 that it was then 60 ft. in height and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth. 

 It measured in 1909, 66 ft. by 9 ft. 8 in. at 3 ft. above the ground, dividing above 

 into several main stems. Another tree,' cones of which are preserved in the museum 

 at Kew, is growing at Ballamoar, in the Isle of Man. According to Dr. Tellet, of 

 Ramsey, who sent a specimen branch, it was about 40 ft. high and 4 ft. 8 in. in 

 girth in 1906. At Eastnor Castle a thriving specimen, about 35 feet high, produced 

 cones with apparently fertile seeds in 1908; and the gardener, Mr. Mullins, believes 

 that it was planted about twenty-five years ago. (H. J. E.) 



1 Figured in Card. Chron. xviii. 492, fig. 83 (1882). 



2 Described and figured as P. Ayacahuite in Gard. Chron. xx. 748, figs. 131, 132 (1896), when it was said to be 49 ft. 



high and 7 ft. in girth. 



3 Cf Gard. Chron. vi. 599 (1889), and Garden, xxxii. 47 (1887). Dr. Tellet's letter was kindly forwarded to me by 

 the owner Mrs. Farrant. The soil is sandy— glacial drift containing clay. The tree is supposed to have been planted between 

 1857 and i860. 



