PINUS 



G0NIFEB8 



PINUS 991 



end in a broad blunt spine. This is a 

 very slow-growing plant and most of the 

 larger specimens in the country are 

 between 30 and 40 ft. high. At Linton 

 Park, Maidstone, however, there is a 

 specimen nearly 40 years old, and 70 ft. 

 or more high, while at Howiok Hall, 

 Lesbury, the seat of Earl Grey, a, speci- 

 men about 50 years old is more than 20 ft. 

 shorter, and at one time was not in a 

 thriving condition. The seeds do not 

 sprout until the second spring. There 

 are several varieties, the most notable 

 being pumila, a dwarf stunted bush, 

 3-4 ft. high with shorter leaves and 

 cones than those of the type ; aiorea has 

 yellowish foliage. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



P. contorta (P. Bolanderi ; P. Bour- 

 sieri). — This distinct species is found 

 wild from Alaska to California on sandy 

 dunes and exposed rocky points, forming 

 a small stunted tree 20-30 ft. high with 

 a trunk 1-2 ft. in diameter. It has bright 

 green leaves 1-2 in. long, and ovoid or 

 almost round cones about IJ in. long, the 

 branches being much twisted and gnarled ; 

 hence the specific name. The variety 

 murraycma makes a much taller and 

 straighter tree. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



P. Coulteri (P. macrocarpa). — A hand- 

 some and distinct Californian Pine, grow- 

 ing 80-150 ft. high in a wild state, but 

 not more than half that height in the 

 British Islands. It has spreading branches, 

 ascending at the tips, and beautiful glau- 

 cous stiffish triangular leaves 9-12 in. 

 long. Cones yellowish-brown, about 12 in. 

 long and 6 in. in diameter, weighing 4-5 

 lbs., and having very thick woody scales 

 with a strong hooked spine. 



Culture dc. as above. There is a fine 

 specimen of this tree on the lawn at Kew. 

 It is 60 ft. or more high, and has a graoe- 

 ftd pyramidal habit. 



P. excelsa (Bhotan Pine ; Weeping 

 Fir). — A beautiful Pine tree native of the 

 Himalayas, where it grows at elevations 

 ranging from 5000 to 12,000 ft. and 

 attains a height of 90-100 ft. It is of 

 fairly rapid growth in the British Islands, 

 forming a straight slender trunk with 

 branches regularly radiating, the upper 

 ones ascending, the lower ones decumbent. 

 Leaves very slender and flexible, dropping 

 like tassels, three- sided, and of a beautiful 



glaucous-green — characters which readily 

 distinguish it. The cones are cylindrical, 

 drooping, slightly curved, 6-8 in. long, 

 with large wedge-shaped loosely imbri- 

 cating scales. 



Culture wnd Propagation. — This 

 ornamental tree is best in warm and 

 sheltered localities, as it does not thrive 

 in cold damp soils, nor does it stand 

 bleak winds well. At Studley Eoyal, 

 Yorkshire, the seat of the Marquis of 

 Bipon, there is a good specimen about 

 70 years old and now probably 80 ft. high 

 with a girth of more than 6 ft. breast- 

 high. There are also fine specimens at 

 Dropmore, near Maidenhead. 



P. halepensis {Jerusalem Pine). — An 

 interesting and distinct species, native of 

 the Mediterranean region and the Levant. 

 It has a loose meagre habit, ashy-grey 

 branches, and scanty tufts of erect grey- 

 green leaves 2-3 in. long. The drooping 

 oblong-conical cones are 2|-3 in. long. 



Culture Sc. as above. This is sup- 

 posed to be the Pine or Fir tree referred 

 to in the Scriptures. It is not particularly 

 ornamental. 



P. insignis (P. calif arnica ; P. ra- 

 diata ; P. tuberculata). — Monterey Pine. 

 A remarkably handsome Californian Pine 

 80-100 ft. high, distinguished by its bright 

 green and strongly serrulate twisted leaves, 

 4-6 in. long, and glossy orange-brown 

 cones, 4-5 in. long, having smooth spine- 

 less scales. 



Culture and Propagation. — This Pine 

 is usually considered fit for planting only 

 in mild southern parts, but there is plenty 

 of evidence to prove that it thrives in all 

 parts of Great Britain and Ireland, usually 

 having a more or less southern or western 

 aspect in light loamy soil. There are fine 

 specimens at Dropmore, Bucks, the largest 

 being 60 years old and approaching 100 ft. 

 high. At Carclew, Cornwall, is a specimen 

 over 80 ft. high, while other fine speci- 

 mens in England are to be found at 

 Linton Park, Maidstone ; Boconnoc and 

 Scorrier, Cornwall ; and Revesby Abbey, 

 Lincolnshire, the . dwarfest being nearly 

 60 ft. high and the tallest well over 70 ft. 



In Scotland, as might be expected, 

 P. insignis does not attain such a great 

 height, but there are fine specimens, 

 ranging between 40 and 50 years of age 

 and between 60 and 60 ft. high, at such 

 gardens as Cullen House, Banffshire ; the 



