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about |in. long. This pine is a very variable one and 

 ranges over a great extent of country from Spain to Asia 

 Minor and the Caucasus. It reaches its finest development 

 in Corsica, attaining a height of 150ft. It has been largely 

 planted in this country and promises to become a valuable 

 timber tree. If planted with its variety Austriaca, it will be 

 found rabbits attack the latter, leaving the type practically 

 untouched. 



D P. Laricio Var. Austriaca. The Austrian Pine. Has darker, 

 shorter, and stiffer leaves than the type, and is also much 

 more heavily branched. Typical trees are easily recognised, 

 but forms occur between the two varieties which it is 

 impossible to identify. 



Z P. Thunbergh. Black Pine. Leaves dark green 2|-4iin. long, 

 stiff; leaf-sheath ^-fin. long, persistent. Cones l^-2in. 

 long, unarmed, frequently in clusters of as many as fifty. 

 Native of Japan. One of the trees trained by the Japanese 

 into many grotesque shapes. 



(2) Buds Non-Resinous. 



1 P. Pinaster. Maritime Pine. Cluster Pine. Leaves dark green, 



4- 8in. long, stiff ; leaf-sheath fin. long. Cones, usually in 

 whorls, 4-7in. long, persisting for many years. The pine 

 plantations of Bournemouth are largely composed of this 

 tree, which is one of the very best for planting in light, 

 sandy soils. In the neighbourhood of Bordeaux this tree 

 provides a large turpentine industry. Native of South 

 Europe from France to Greece. 



F P. Pinea. Stone Pine. Leaves bright green, usually in pairs, 

 occasionally in threes, the solitary glaucous needles of 

 seedling and one and two year old plants are frequently 

 scattered on the shoots of much older trees. Scales of 

 winter buds fringed. The cones are 3-5in. long and 3-4in. 

 wide, pale glossy brown. The seeds, which are fin. long, 

 have been used for food both in this country and abroad 

 since Roman times. The character of the tree is to produce 

 a fiat spreading head, hence its name umbrella or parasol 

 pine. 



II. PINES WITH LEAVES IN THREES. 

 Buds Resinous. Leaf-sheath persistent. 



R P. Ponderosa. Western Yellow Pine. Leaves dark green, 



5- 10in. long, three sided; leaf-sheath f-fin. long; cores 

 3-6in. long; scales terminated by a short pricVe. Young 

 shoots dark reddish brown, smelling like an orange when 

 cut. Thinly furnished with branches, nevertheless making 

 a handsome tree in this country over 100ft. high. Native 

 of Western North America. 



