32 PINES ' 
nature. Thus they more than justify their existence 
in the land of their origin, if they are a little reluctant 
in their efforts to carry on that existence here. 
The identification of the only one-leaved and the 
only four-leaved Pine—and accordingly called ‘‘ Mo- 
no’”’ and ‘‘ Quadri,” “‘ phylla’’ and “‘ folia ’’—requires 
no inspired genius to distinguish, and the easiest way, 
if rare occasions demanded, to differentiate the two- 
leaved Edulis and the three-leaved Cembroides is to 
engrave upon the tablets of your memory that they 
are the only. two- or three-leaved Pines that have the: 
rosette-like leaf sheaths, described in the cases of 
the five-leaved Fox-tail Pines. 
PSEUDO-STROBUS GROUP OF PINES _ 
P. Montezuma, Hartwecil, PsEuDo-STROBUS, - 
TORREYANA 
Lo, all the stately progeny of Pines 
Come with their floating foliage, richly decked 
To fill that void. 
W. Mason, The English Garden, 
Pseudo-Strobus is the rather unedifying name given’ 
to this group. While they are hard-wood, the true 
Strobi are soft-wood Pines; and herein must con- 
stitute the falsity that Pseudo spells and implies, 
while a more outward resemblance to the distinctive 
features of the true Strobi must be accountable for 
the cognomen of their coterie. The difference be- 
tween these two differently wooded Conifers is 
explained in the glossary, and alluded to in previous 
pages on Pines generally. 
The first three come from Mexico, and the last- 
named, the Torreyana, hails from California.. Mexico 
may be in theory a Paradise for the botanist and tree 
lover, but several circumstances seem at present to 
militate against a prospect of any inundation of 
