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met witli only in cultivation in the last-named country. The adult 

 trees, which are few in number and chiefly found in proximity to 

 temples, range from 20 to 30 feet high. The trunks are straight to 

 about 12 or 15 feet, when they divide into three or more ascending 

 branches, each with numerous much ramified secondaries, giving the 

 trees a densely rounded head, a form they have doubtless been made 

 to assume at the hands of the Japanese. The leaves are slender, 

 trigonal, with the edges roughish, 3 to 4 inches long, bright glossy 

 green on the outer and broader side, and silvery on the two inner 

 or narrower sides. The cones are almost cylindrical, very obtuse 

 both at base and apex, about 5 inches long and 3 in diameter ; 

 the scales are hard and leathery, with the points turned back. 

 Habitat. — Corea and Mantchouria, as far as the Amour Eiver. 

 Introduced in 1861 by Mr. J. G-. Veitch. 



Pinus lioraiensis is one of the most useful of Pines for garden decora- 

 tion ; its comparatively small size, compact habit, and elegant foliage 

 render it available and even desirable for planting where the fast-grow- 

 ing larger Pines would be inappropriate. 



Pinus Lambertiana. — A lofty tree, the tallest of all Pines, 

 attaining a height of from 200 to 250 feet, with a circumference 

 near the ground of from 20 to 30 feet. Its massive perpendicular 

 trunk is generally free of branches to two-thirds of its height, 

 above which the tree has an open pyramidal head like that of an 

 Abies, the branches being pendulous. * Tho bark is rather smooth, 

 ash-grey, and full of resin ; the leaves are clustered towards the 

 extremities of the branches ; they are from 3 to 5 inches long, 

 three-angled, with the edges rough, slightly twisted and of a bluish 

 glaucous green. The cones are from 15 to 20 inches long, with a 

 diameter of from 3 to 4 inches, cylindrical, tapering at the apex; 

 the scales are large, loosely imbricated, and enclosing two large edible 

 seeds of a nutty flavour. 



Habitat. — California and Oregon, from the Mexican line to the 

 Columbia Eiver. 



Introduced in 1827 by David Douglas. 



Pinus Lambertiana does not form forests but is always associated 

 with other trees, as the Kedwood and P. Ponderosa. In the vicinity of 



* Finetum Urilannicum. rimes Limhcrliana. 



