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twenty-eight feet iu circumference. It seems peculiarly a- 

 mountain pine, flourishing above the region of P. Sabiniana, 

 and in the greatest abundance, near Monterey, and on the 

 mountains above Bear Creek. The timber is said to be the 

 most valuable of the pines, though at five dollars apiece for 

 small plants eight to twelve inches high, we are not likely to 

 test this excellence for some years. It proves very hardy at 

 Wodenethe. Our specimens, but slightly protected, have stood 

 for three years without injury. 



It is also hardy at " Wellesley," near Boston, the residence 

 of Mr. Hunnewell. In the public grounds at Washington, 

 there are fine specimens three and four feet high. At YorUville, 

 it is hardy, though the plants being very small, are often under 

 the snow. At Flushing, on the contrary, it is returned "not 

 hardy," and it may belong to those pines which do not flourish 

 near the sea. Being still very rare and costly, it has not yet 

 been much planted. 



P. Brulia (Calabrian Cluster pine). — A fine lofty tree of 



sixty to seventy feet, and bright green foliage, 



^^' , , with spreading head, found in Calabria, and 

 p. conglomerata. r o J ? 



closely resembling P. Hahpensis (the Aleppo 

 pine) . It is not unlike, in its general appearance, some of the 

 jiumerous varieties of Maritima ; it proves perfectly hardy with 

 us, having been out several winters. 



P. Canariensis (Canary Island pine). — A charming, grace- 

 ful, slender pine,»with long pendulous leaves, growing seventy 

 to eighty feet, in its own country, but too tender for any thing 

 but pot-culture here, though it might do at the extreme South. 

 P. Oembra (Swiss Stone pine). — All travellers who have 

 crossed Mount Cenis and the Tyrol, must have 

 P.Helvetica. been Struck with the vast forests of this tree, 

 p. montana, &c. -which abound in those stupendous regions. It 

 i.-i the pine of the Alps ; and as such must prove hardy anywhere, 

 at the North. It grows about fifty feet high, but very slowly, 

 though always forming a pretty, compact tree. There are many 

 synonyms, and two varieties ; the Siberian Stone pine, with 

 shorter, denser, and greener leaves, and the Dwarf Cembran 

 pine, found on the rocks of the Ural Mountains. The seeds of 

 all three of these varieties are eatable. 



