PINUS GERABDIANA, P. TKSIGXIS. 1C8 



of 30 feet. In England its growth is very slow ; all the specimens 

 we have seen of it are much branched and twiggy, well furnished 

 with foliage, but of /irregular shape. It is a very distinct. Pine, and 

 tolerably hardy. 



PiQUS Gerardiana. — A medium-sized tree with a conical outline, 

 attaining a height of from 40 to 50 feet ; the barb is smooth, 

 greyish, and peels off like that of P. Bungeana. The branches are 

 generally ascending, but the lower ones are spreading, and the 

 branchlets short and somewhat slender. The leaves are from 4 to 

 5 inches long, rather rigid, three-angled, abruptly pointed, and of a 

 glaucous yellowish-green ; the sheaths are deciduous. The cones are 

 sub-globose or ovate oblong, with the greater diameter 4 to 5 inches, 

 composed of thick spiny scales, each with two large edible seeds. 



Habitat.— The Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Nepaul, at elevations 

 between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. 



Introduced into England about the year 1830. 



Dr. Aitchison (Journ. Lin. Soc, Nos. 106 — 107J, thus describes 

 Pinus Gerardiana as seen in the Kuram district in Afghanistan : — 



"A very handsome tree that does not branch as Pines usually do, 

 the trunk and branches being more like those of a well-formed Oak. 

 •It is easily recognised at a distance by its nearly white, ash-grey bark, 

 which, on close examination is seen not to be of one colour, but 

 consists of patches of all tints, from light green to autumnal reds 

 and browns ; this is due to the peculiar way the bark exfoliates. 

 The nuts are a large article of diet amongst the villagers of the 

 district in which the Pine grows, and a luxury in north-west India." 



Named by Dr. Wallich in compliment to its discoverer, Capt. Gerard, 

 an officer in the Bengal Native Infantry. It is tolerably hardy, but 

 its growth in England is slow. Several beautiful specimens, however, 

 are to be met with in the south and west of England, among the 

 finest of which, one in the Pinetum of T. Gambier Parry, Esq., of 

 Highnam Court, near Gloucester, is deserving of especial mention. 



Pinus insignis.— A beautiful tree, generally of medium height. 

 When young it is very densely branched, and clothed with a pro- 

 fusion of handsome grass-green foliage; in its maturity it has a 

 rounded top, and long spreading branches with the foliage clustered 

 at the extremities. The leaves are slender, thread-like, twisted, and 

 from 4 to' 6 inches long ; the cones, which are also very handsome 

 appendages of the tree, are from 4 to 5 inches long, obtuse at the 



