SOME AMEEICAJSf PINES 341 



I measured any tree that appeared from its magnitude as interesting, 

 I was unable to find any from actual measurement exceeding the height 

 I have mentioned. 



I am unable to gather from their description whether the largest men- 

 tioned by them can be the same as the preseyit. It would appear not, for 

 in the fifth species mentioned we find that they mention (p. 457) : " A thin 

 leaf is inserted in the pith of the cone which overlays the centre of, and 

 extends half an inch beyond, the point^ of each scale " — an important 

 character in the species now observed, but, from what is stated of it 

 generally it belongs to neither. 



2. Pinus Menziesii.i Foliis solitariis suhtriangularis incurvis, strohilis 

 subcylindricis, bracteolis exsertis integris undulatis. Sabine in Trans. 

 Hort. Soc. Vol. 



Flowers in April, May. Fruit ripe in October. 



Leaves solitary, nearly : triangular, fiat on the upper side, angular or 

 keeled below, rigid, incurved, acute, very glaucous, nearly an inch long. 

 Common filament erectjTshorter than the bractea. Crest of the anther 

 orbicular, slightly notched at the apex. Bractea obovate-spathulate, 

 concave, entire. Female catkin unknown. Cone pendulous, nearly cylin- 

 drical, blunt at the point, two and a half to three inches long with entire 

 obovate scales rounded at the apex with a pale or dun colour. Bractea 

 persistent linear-oblong, entire, waved, exserted one eighth of an inch 

 beyond the scale. Seeds small, rusty -brown colour. Wings hatchet- 

 shaped, acute at the point. Bark thin, smooth, fight grey or brown, 

 peeling ofi in thin fiakes. 



The appearance]of this species closely resembles P. Doicglasii 2 ; although 

 neither so large nor so plentiful as that species, it may nevertheless become 

 of equal if not of greater importance, as it possesses one great advantage 

 over that one by growing to a very large size on the Northern declivities 

 of the mountain in apparently poor, thin, damp soils ; and even in rocky 

 places, where there is^scarcely a sufficiency of earth to cover the horizontal 

 wide-spreading roots, their growth is so far from being retarded that they 

 exceed one hundred feet high and eight feet in circumference. This unques- 

 tionably has great claims on our consideration as it would thrive in such 

 places in Britain where even P. sylvestris finds no shelter. It would 

 become a useful and large tree. 



The wood is remarkably fine, white, smooth, and regularly grained, 

 lighter than the wood of P. Douglasii,^ in texture and quaUty not far 

 removed from the wood of P. Abies.s 



So far as my observation went, this species is only found on the bleak 

 cold mountainous parts of the Coast from Arguilar Eiver in 43° to 49° 

 N. Lat., and was not seen to the east of 121° W. Long. Is not, as far 

 as I know, in the Rocky Mountains. 



It is to be regretted that all the seeds of this truly magnificent tree 

 were lost and could not then be replaced. 



^ Picea aitchenais, Mast, in Joum. R. Hort. Soc. yiv. p. 224. 

 * Pseudotauga Douglaaii, Mast. loc. eit., p. 245. 

 ^ ? Picea excdsa. Mast. loc. cit, p. 221. 



