LXXVII. CONI’FERZ: PI‘NUS. 967 
London and Paris, without any protection. The leaves of this species, as 
well as of several others, have quite a different appearance for the first two 
years from what they have ever afterwards; they are very glaucous, ciliated 
on their margins, very short, and very sharp-pointed. During this period, 
they are single and without sheaths ; but afterwards they come out in pairs, 
with sheaths, these pairs being what are considered by botanists as abortive 
shoots. The nursery treatment of the stone pine is the same as that recom- 
mended for the pinaster, with which the tree is frequently confounded ; this 
species having also very long taproots, which render it necessary to be ex- 
tremely careful in taking them up for removal : indeed, they should generally 
be grown in pots ; and, when they are turned out of the pots to be planted 
where they are finally to remain, the greatest care should be taken to stretch 
out the roots, and to spread them carefully in every direction. 
2 9. P. wALEPE'NsIs Ait. The Aleppo Pine. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 367.; Lam. Pin., ed. 2. 1. t.7.; N. Du Ham., 5. p. 238. 
Synonymes. P. hierosolymitana Dux Ham. Arb. 2. p. 126.; P. maritima prima Mathiolus ; Pin de 
Jérusaléme, Fr.; Pino d’Aleppo, Ital. 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 7. (exclusive of the ripe cone, which is that of P. Laricio) ; 
the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. viii. ; our fig. 1793., to our usual scale ; and figs. 
1790. to 1792. ; all from specimens from a tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in pairs, very slender. Cones pyramidal, rounded 
at the base, turned downwards, smooth, 
solitary or in pairs, stalked. (Lois., 
and obs.) Buds (see fig. 1790.) from 
2 in. to 1 in. long, and from 3; in. to 
4 in. broad ; imbricated, roundish, some- 
what pointed, wholly without resin ; 
and altogether like those of a pinaster 
P. halepénsis. 1791. 
in miniature. Cones (fig. 1792.) from 
24 in. to 3in. in length; and from 14 in. 
to 12 in. in breadth ; invariably turned 
downwards, so as to form an acute angle 
with the stem. Footstalks of the cones 
from 2 in. to 2 in. in length. Scale (jig. 1792, P. halepénsis. 
1791. a) from 14 in. to 14in. long, and : ioe 
2in. broad. Seed, without the wing (c), from }in. to Zin. in length, and 
8, in. in breadth ; with the wing (4), from lin, to 14in, in length. Coty- 
ledons about 7. A low tree. South of Europe, Syria, and Barbary, in dry 
sandy warm soils. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1683. It flowers, 
in the climate of London, about the end of May or the beginning of June, 
and the cones are rijened in the autumn of the second year. 
Varieties. 
2 P. hk. 2 menor. — Cones rather smaller than in the species, but it is 
scarcely worth kceping distinct. Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
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