536 EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



silvery foliage of the Bliotan pine springing from the dark cushion 

 of foliage the Austrian pine would throw around it, would make a 

 beautiful effect. 



The Corsican Pine. P. laricio. — A lofty tree of the most 

 rapid growth and regularly pyramidal form. Though a native of 

 the high lands adjacent to the Mediterranean, it is also found on 

 the mountains of Caucasus, and it is considered hardy with us. 

 Hoopes (Book of Evergreens) says of it : " For lawn-planting the 

 Corsican pine is one of the most beautiful and available trees we 

 have, and is almost invariably an attractive object in a collection. 

 As it is a native of warm climates, many persons suppose it will 

 prove too tender for this section (Westchester, near Philadelphia); 

 but so far as we have been able to ascertain, it has given entire 

 satisfaction. The long wavy leaves are of a bright green color, and 

 the perfect shape of the tree has always produced a favorable 

 impression with us, and we wish it were more extensively known." 



It is not quite hardy at Rochester. H. W. Sargent says of it : 

 " It is quite as hardy as the Austrian all over the country, having 

 some'what the same robust habit, only a less vivid green." Its 

 growth is rather more loose and open than that of the Austrian 

 pine — the space between the whorls of its branches being much 

 greater, and, taken altogether, it is a less pleasing tree. 



The P. I. caramanica is a variety of the Corsican pine, of less 

 size, and lower, rounder, and more bushy form ; a distinct and 

 valuable variety. 



The P. I. pygmaa is an extremely dwarf variety, whose branches 

 trail along the ground, and bear short rigid curled leaves (Hoopes). 

 Will probably be useful for grafting on other pines. 



Calabrian Pine. P. bruttia. — Leaves in two's, rarely three's, 

 about nine inches long, slender, glabrous, wavy, light green. 



A lofty tree from the moi^tains of Calabria, where it grows from 

 four to five thousand feet above the level of the sea ; of spreading 

 umbelliferous form, and fine color. The length of its leaves is one 

 of its interesting features. Sargent and Hoopes both speak of it 

 as having proved hardy ; the former at Fishkill, N. Y., and the 



