PIHUS 



GONIFEBS 



piNus 993 



have been planted in Jutland in the 

 poorest soil. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. Montezums (P. devoniana ; P. 

 occidental/is ; P. nitida &c.). — A Mexi- 

 can Pine, attaining a height of 40 ft. or 

 more in a wild state, with rather stout 

 twisted drooping branches, stoutish stiff 

 •3-sided leaves 3-4 in. long, and cones 4-5 

 in. long, 3 or 4 together, but often single 

 and nearly horizontal. 



This tree seems to be too tender for 

 northern parts of the country. In Mr. 

 Eashleigh's famous garden at MenabUly, 

 Cornwall, there are some good specimens. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



P. monticola. — A handsome pyramidal 

 tree, native of the mountains of CaUfornia 

 and British Columbia at elevations be- 

 tween 3000 and 10,000 ft., where it attains 

 a height of 100-150 ft. with a trunk 3-5 

 ft. in diameter. The branches are in 

 whorls, and the 3-sided leaves are about 

 3 in. long, glaucous, with slightly roughish 

 edges. Cones 5-6 in. long, tapering to a 

 sharp point, and of a beautiful orange 

 colour. 



This species is closely related to the 

 Weymouth Pine (P. Strobus), but is rather 

 more handsome in appearance, with darker, 

 stiffer, and richer green fohage, which, 

 with the conspicuous cones, make it a 

 distinct and beautiful landscape tree. 



There are several fine specimens in 

 various parts of the kingdom, that at the 

 Palace gardens. Scone, Perth, the seat of 

 the Earl of Mansfield, being one of the 

 best. It is under 50 years of age and 

 about 75 ft. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. muricata (P. edgariama). — A dis- 

 tinct Californian Pine, 25-50 ft. high, 

 having an unusual and irregular appear- 

 ance and bright green flexible leaves 3-5 

 in. long, convex on one surface and con- 

 cave on the other. Cones about 3 in. 

 long, very dense and woody, in clusters, 

 with prominent scales furnished with a 

 sharp woody point. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 not particular as to soU, and makes a 

 valuable game shelter, or is effective on the 

 landscape in high and windy situations. 



P. oocarpa (P. oocarpoides ; P. SJcin- 

 neri). — A rather rare species, native of 

 Mexico and Guatemala, and too tender 

 for any except the mildest and most 



sheltered spots in the south of England 

 and Ireland. In Mr. Eashleigh's garden 

 there is a specimen which a few years 

 ago was 21 ft. high and covered an area of 

 79 ft. in circumference with its irregular 

 drooping branches, some of which rested 

 on the ground. It has borne cones and 

 male flowers at the same time. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



P. parviflora. — A distinct and hand- 

 some Japanese Pine, 25-40 ft. high in a 

 wild state, but so far only about half that 

 height in cultivation. Its trunk is well 

 furnished with close horizontal or slightly 

 ascending branches, and the stiff, crowded, 

 shghtly twisted leaves are 1-2 in. long, 

 silvery on the flattened or inner side and 

 green on the other. 



This species is not yet well known in 

 cultivation, although there are specimens 

 in Mr. Eashleigh's garden in Cornwall. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. Peuke. — An interesting Macedonian 

 Pine, at one time thought to be identical 

 with the Himalayan P. excelsa, to which 

 it bears some resemblance. It grows in 

 granitic soil and varies in height from a 

 tortuous bush of 4 ft. at the highest 

 elevations to a tree about 50 ft. at the 

 lowest. The slender needle-like leaves 

 are 2^-3 in. long, and the oblong eUiptic 

 cones are about 4J in. long, with broad 

 roundish scales. 



Culture dc. as above. 



P. Pinaster (P. maritvma). — Maritime 

 or Cluster Pine. — A beautiful and variable 

 Pine tree, native of the Mediterranean 

 shores and particularly abundant in Por- 

 tugal, Spain, the west and south of France, 

 where it attains a height of 60-80 ft. It 

 has dark green broad stoutish leaves 6-12 

 in. long, and yeUowish-brown cones about 

 4 in. long, produced in dense clusters and 

 composed of pyramidal angular scales 

 with a short straight prickle. 



The variety Hamiltoni, known as Lord 

 Aberdeen's Pine, is an elegant tree having 

 shorter and paler green leaves than the 

 type ; and the variety variegata has the 

 foliage more or less variegated with green 

 and yeUow. There is also a variety called 

 lemoniana, in which the usually lateral 

 and deflexed cones assume an erect posi- 

 tion. 



Culture and Propagation. — The Clus- 

 ter Pine has received a very bad reputa- 

 tion, especially in Scotland, and hence it 



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