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PINUS 



Marquis of Bute's ; Keir House and Dun- 

 blane, Perthshire ; and Castle Kennedy, 

 Wigtonshire. 



Ireland has almost as fine specimens 

 as England, that at Lord Powerscourt's 

 gardens, Wicklow, being the finest. It is 

 40 years old and not far short of 90 ft. 

 high — probably the quickest grown tree 

 in the kingdom. It is followed by one 

 34 years old at Kylemore Castle, Galway, 

 which is over 60 ft. high. Other fine 

 specimens in Ireland are to be found at 

 Woodstock, Kilkenny (80 ft.) ; Killamey 

 House (70 ft.) ; Adare Manor, Limerick 

 (75 ft.) ; Waterstown, Westmeath (65 ft.) ; 

 and Coollattin, Wicklow (60 ft.). 



P. Jeffreyi (P. Aeflexa).—A. fine Cali- 

 fornian tree, 90-100 ft. high, growing 

 naturally on dry gravelly slopes. It has 

 a rather loose and open habit, and bears 

 glaucous-green leaves 7-8 in. long with 

 one convex and two concave sides. The 

 more or less drooping cones are about 

 7 in. long and 3 in. in diameter, oblong 

 oylindric, brownish in colour, the scales 

 having a triangular hooked point. There 

 is a fine specimen at Bevesby Abbey, 

 Boston, Lincolnshire, about 45 years old 

 and over 50 ft. high. 



Cidture dc. as above. In cultivation 

 this Pine grows best in a rich sandy loam, 

 with a west or south aspect. 



P. koraiensis. — An elegant, compact- 

 growing tree, 30-40 ft. high, native of 

 Oorea, but rarely found in a wUd state in 

 China and Japan. It has ascending 

 branches and slender 3-sided rough-edged 

 leaves 3-4 in. long, bright glossy green on 

 the outer and broader side and silvery 

 white on the two inner sides. There are 

 many forms of this species not yet well 

 known in cultivation. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 990. 



P. lambertiana {Sugar Pine). — An 

 elegant Californian Pine, attaining the 

 great height of 150-300 ft. in its wild 

 state, with a trunk 10-22 ft. in diameter. 

 The largest specimens in the British 

 Islands are not more than 60 ft. high. 

 The leaves are 3-sided, 4-5 in. long, 

 rough-edged, slightly twisted, bluish or 

 glaucous green in colour, and clustered 

 towards the ends of the drooping branches. 

 The cylindrical, tapering, and drooping 

 cones are 15-20 in. long, 3-4 inches in 

 diameter when ripe, and composed of large 



loosely imbricated scales, which protect 

 large edible nutty-flavoured seeds. 

 Culture Sc. as above, p. 990. 



P. Laricio {Corsican Pine). — An orna- 

 mental and valuable tree, native of S. 

 Europe, particularly Corsica, Sardinia, 

 and Sicily, and very common on Mount 

 Etna at an elevation of 4000-6000 ft. 

 It is recognised by its tall straight trunk, 

 100-150 ft. high in a native state, and by 

 its beautiful twisted glaucous leaves about 

 6 in. long. Cones pale brown, 2-8 in. 

 long, the scales having a very short point. 

 At Boconnoo gardens, Cornwall, there is 

 a specimen about 50 years old and 80 ft. 

 high ; at Eiccarton Castle, Midlothian, is 

 a fine tree over 70 ft. high ; and there 

 is also a grand specimen at Kew, near 

 the main entrance, with a naked trunk 

 and a fine head. 



There are several varieties of the Cor- 

 sican Pine, but that named the Austrian 

 or Black Piae (P. Laricio nigricans or 

 P. austriaca) is best known and most 

 valued for its ornamental appearance, 

 dark green glossy shaggy leaves and 

 reddish-brown cones. It grows as tall as 

 the Corsican Pine, and either as a single 

 specimen or in clumps or masses makes 

 a highly attractive woodland tree. There 

 are other varieties less well known, such 

 as karamana, from Asia Minor, with pale 

 brown bark and tufts of dark green leaves 

 6-8 in. long and ovoid conical cones about 

 4 in. long ; pallasiana (or taurica), from 

 the Crimea, with stiff leaves and cones 

 larger than those of the Austrian Pine ; 

 pygnuBa, a dwarf, dense bush ; and many 

 others such as aureo-variegata, pendula, 

 pumila, variegata &c. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 990. 



P. montana (P. carpatica ; P. Mugho 

 (or Mughus) ; P. Pumilio ; P. uncinata). 

 A densely branched tree or shrub, 15-35 

 ft. high in cultivation, native of the 

 Central European mountains and the 

 Pyrenees, having the upper branches 

 ascending or erect and the lower ones 

 usually decumbent. Leaves about 2 in. 

 long, dark green, crowded, stiff, and 

 twisted. Cones usually in pairs, ovoid, 

 woody, about 1 J in. long, the scales having 

 a strong curved spine. The variety nana, 

 known as the ' Knee Pine,' grows only 

 about 2 ft. high, and is useful for knoUs, 

 banks, rockeries &c. According to Prof. 

 Hansen, many millions of P. montana 



