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pine. The rate of growth in Britain is, except in very favourable situations, 
slower than that of most European pines. Nevertheless, in the climate of 
London, it will attain the height of 12 or 13 feet in 10 years from the seed 
When planted singly, like most other pines, it forms a branchy head; but, 
when drawn up among other trees of the same species, it has as clear a 
trunk in Britain as in America. The wood is more employed in America 
than that of any other pine, serving exclusively for the masts of the numerous 
vessels constructed in the northern and middle states. The soil and situation 
ought to be favourable, otherwise the tree will not thrive. Seeds are procured 
in abundance; and the plants, when sown in spring, come up the first year, 
and may be treated in the nursery like those of the Scotch pine. 
2 52. P. (S.) Lampertza‘va Dougl. The gigantic, or Lambert’s, Pine. 
Identification. Doug]. in Lin. Trans , 15. p. 500. ; Lamb. 
4. 
Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 3 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t.34.; our fig. 1911., 
to our usual scale, and jigs. 1909, 1910. 1912. of the 
natural size ; the cone and scale from Douglas’s spe- 
cimens in the Horticultural Society’s herbarium, and 
the buds and leaves from the tree in the Horticultural 
Society's Garden. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in fives, rigid, 
roughish ; sheaths very short. Cones 
thick, very long, cylindrical ; scales loose, 
roundish. (Douglas.) Buds, in the 
specimen from the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, 2 in. long, and 
iin. broad; roundish, pointed, and 
with 3 smaller buds. (See jig. 
1909.) Leaves 23in. to 3 in. 
long; in Douglas’s specimens, 43in. 
and Sin. long. Cones from 14 in. 
to 16 in. long, and said to be some- 
times 18in. long, and 4 in. in di- / We 
- ameter in the widest part; scales | bl ri) 
14 in. wide, and nearly 2in. long. Seed At | la 
large, oval, % in. long, and nearly 3 in. SY 
broad ; dark brown; wing dark brown, 1910. P. (S.) Lambertiana. 
and, with the seed, 12in. long, and Zin. 
broad in the widest part. A gigantic tree. California, upon low hills, east 
of the range of the LER 
Rocky Mountains, co- 
vering large districts. 
Height 150 ft. to 200 ft. 
rarely 215 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1827. It has 
not yet flowered in Eng- 
land. Native of the 
north-west coast of {is 
North America, where 
it was discovered by R& 
Mr. Douglas ; and in- \% 
troduced into England %2@-s 
in 1827. LNG 
The species to which && 
this pine is most nearly 
allied, Douglas observes, 
is undoubtedly P. Stro- 
bus, from which, how- 
ever, it is extremely 
different in station, habit, 1911. P. (S.) Lamberttina, 
