By Mr. Donald Munro. 



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49. Striped Queen Pine. 

 Syn. Striped Queen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 68. 



Striped-leaved Olive. ib. No. 51. 

 According to Speechly this is an accidental variety obtained 

 from the Queen at Welbeck, about twenty years before the publi- 

 cation of his treatise. It differs from the Queen in its leaves being 

 striped with a pale greenish yellow and a little tinged with fiery red, 

 the fruit is also a little variegated, and of the same quality as the 

 Queen, but seldom swells so freely as that variety. 



50. Silver-striped Queen Pine. 

 Syn. Gold striped. Speechly, 2nd Ed. p. 16. 



Silver striped Queen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 66. 

 Silver Striped. ib. No. 77. 



The leaves of this variety differ from the Striped Queen in the 

 margins being striped, whilst those of the Striped Queen are uni- 

 formly green ; they are also broader, less tinged with red and the 

 stripes considerably paler than that variety. Although both plant 

 and fruit are of greater beauty, yet they are of much less excellence. 



51. Antigua Queen Pine. 

 Syn. Antigua Queen. Speechly, 2nd Ed. p. 6. 

 Black Caraile. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 18. 

 Yellow Caraile. ib. No. 19. 



Lord Effingham's, ^| 

 Antigua J °f some ^ ar ^ ens - 



Leaves short, broad, keel-shaped and slightly spreading, dull green and very much 

 tinged with lightish brown and very mealy on the under surface. Spines strong, far 

 asunder and regular. Flowers dark lilac. Fruit cylindrical, sometimes roundish ; before 

 ripening dark olive green and rather mealy, when ripe dull yellow. Pips rather above 

 the middle-size, prominent. Scales covering about one third part of the pips and ending 

 in a short blunt point. Flesh white, firm, remarkably juicy, a little sugary but not highly 

 flavoured. Crown rather large, leaves numerous and spreading. 



