324 PINUS, OR 



planted thirty years, was only 18 inclies high and two feet 

 through the head. 



PiNUS Strobus nivea, Knight, the "White "Weymouth, or Snow 



Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Strobus alba, Loudon. 

 „ „ nivea, Booth. 



This variety differs from the species in having the leaves 

 erectly-spreading, more dense, and of a very dark-green colour 

 when fully grown, but when young of a silvery white on the 

 upper surface. 



This kind bears considerable resemblance to Pinus monti- 

 cola, but the , leaves are less dense on the shoots, and much 

 slenderer, and the cones narrower, and of a bright gi'een 

 colour when young, while those of Pinus monticola are of a dull 

 purple. 



A handsome and very hardy kind, of which there are good 

 specimens in the "Waltham Cross Nursery, and a fine tree at 

 Brocket Hall, in Hertfordshire. 

 No. 91. Pinus tenuifolia, Bentham, the Slender-leaved Pine. 



Leaves in fives, very slender, from eight to ten inches long, 

 bright, shining green, and sharp-pointed, slightly angular, and 

 wavy. Sheaths persistent, half an inch long, and rather jagged 

 at the ends. Branches numerous, very slender, drooping,and ver- 

 tical. Cones oval, rather small, tapering to the point, from one 

 inch and a half to two inches long, and one inch broad, several 

 together on the branches, in a horizontal direction, or drooping 

 position, when full-grown, and of a dark-brown colour. Scales 

 rather small and numerous, half an inch across, thickened at the 

 base, uneven-sided, oval, a little angular in the middle, depressed, 

 with a projecting blunt point in the centre, and the margin 

 rounded and rather thick. Seeds small and black, with rather 

 large wings, one inch long. 



A large tree, found to the east of the city of Guatemala, 

 growing in ravines, and on the mountains of "Choacus,'' in 

 the Province of "7era Paz, at an elevation of 5000 feet 



