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Sir William Hooker,* who lias embodied in his remarks an account 

 of the tree sent to Mr. James Veitch by William Lobb, as seen 

 by him on the Santa Lucia, in south California, and by whose 

 exertions it was successfully introduced into England in 1853. 



Fig. 14. — Foliage of Ahiea bracteata. Natural size. 



" The present subject is among the most remarkable of all the true 

 Pines, particularly in the nature of its cones. Dr. Coulter first 

 discovered it on the Andes of Santa Lucia, a mountain range running 

 parallel with the coast. Douglas met with it at 6,000 feet of elevation 

 in lat. 36° N. These botanists both failed to bring home perfect 

 seeds, and it was left for William Lobb, Messrs. Veitch's indefatig- 

 able American collector to succeed in- this." 



* Botanical Magazine for 1853, Tab. 4740, 



