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solitary trees, the cones are collected in groups of four, five, or even a larger 
number, and will remain on the trees closed for several years. In British 
gardens, the tree is of as rapid growth as P. Tze‘da or P. pungens. 
? 20. P. (R.) Fra’serr Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Fraser’s Pine. 
There is a tree bearing this name in the Hackney arboretum, which, in 
1840, was upwards of 13 ft. high, with 3 leaves in a sheath, and pendulous 
branches reaching to the ground. The leaves and young shoots have every 
appearance of those of P. rigida; and, though the tree has not yet borne cones, 
we have little doubt of its belonging to that species. The plant was received 
from the Liverpool Botanic Garden in 1820. 
2 21. P. (n.) sero’Tina Michr. The late, or Pond, Pine. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Amer. Bor., 2. p.205.; N. Amer. Syl.,3. p. 148.; Pursh Sept., 2. p. 643, 
Synonyme. ? P. Te‘da alopecurdidea Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2., 5. p. 317. 
ngravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 142.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 18.5 the plate of this tree 
in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. viii. ; our fig. 1826. to our usual scale; and figs. 1825. to 1827. of 
the natural size, from the Horticultural Society and Dropmore specimens, and from Michaux. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves in threes, very long. Male catkins 
erect, incumbent. Cones ovate ; scales having very small 
mucros. Buds, on young trees (see jig. 1824.), from 
_ yin. to .8,in. in length, and from 3; in. to din. 
in breadth; conical, dark brown, and very resinous ; , 
buds on old trees as in fig. 1825. Leaves (see jig. 38 
1827.), in the Dropmore specimens, from 4in. to } 
6 in. long; in Michaux’s figure, upwards of 8 in. long. ' 
Cones 24 or 3 inches long, and 14 or 2 inches broad ; 
egg-shaped ; scales Zin. long, and 3in. broad, with 
the apex depressed, and terminating in a slender 
prickle. Seed very small; with the wing, from 3 in. 
to Zin. in length. Cotyledons,?. The cones and 
leaves of the trees of this name at Dropmore, and 
the circumstance of there being trees at Pain’s Hill with 
cones of different sizes and shapes, but all on three-leaved 
pines, and all evidently of the T'da family, induce us to e Nh" 
believe that P. rigida and P. serétina are only different 1995, p. serctina. 
forms of the same species. A middle-sized tree. New 
Jersey to Carolina, on the edges of ponds, and 
in swamps. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced 
jn 1713. It flowers in May, and the cones are 
ripened in the autumn of the second year, but 
do not shed their seeds till the third or fourth 
year, whence the specific name. 
The tree has a branchy trunk, from 15 in. to 
18 in. in diameter, and in. America it rarely 
exceeds from 35 ft. to 40 ft. in height. The 
timber consists chiefly of sap wood, and is 
of very little use except for fuel. The leaves 
are generally 5 or 6 inches long, and some- 
times more. The male catkins are straight, 
and about din. long. The cones are commonly 
in pairs, and opposite to each other; they are 
“ about 22 in. long, nearly 2in. in diameter, and 
egg-shaped ; the scales are rounded at their ex- 
tremities, and armed with fine short prickles, 
which are easily broken off, so that in some cases 
no vestiges are left of their existence. This, 
like the other kinds of P. Tze‘da, forms an inte- 
resting addition to the pinetum, growing freely 
at Syon, Pain’s Hill, and Dropmore . 
3R 2 
1826. P. serdtina. 
