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this class of the Californian Pmes. It has lunncrous, stout, spreading, 

 and somewhat irregularly disposed branches, with large, dark brown, 

 imbricated, and non-resinous buds : ilu) leaves from eight to twelve 

 inches in length, dark green in colour, and generally three in a sheath: 

 cones generally in clusters of from three to five in number, straight, 

 and minus foot-stalks ; from five to seven inches in length, and about 

 half as broad (at their thickest part,) as long. The timber is compara- 

 tively good, and durable for pine wood ; and lighter and more elastic 

 than that of Fonderom^ and the tree is hardy, and useful either for its 

 wood or beauty in the woods and plantations of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, where a good loam, or sandy free soil can be given it. 



PiNUS BoNAPARTKA: The Bonaparte Pine. 



This was discovered by that prince of impostors in the Pine line — 

 Eoezl ; and is fully descanted upon, and described by Gordon in his 

 book, The PuietAtmy I have seen nothing of it but seed, seedlings, 

 and young })lants, which seem hardy enough for ordinary winters in 

 the south of England ; yet, from wdiat I have seen of it, I think it 

 will have to be referred to that now iiumerous group the Ccmhra- 

 Strohus type. It will never be of any economic value for its timber in 

 this country, and but little for its beauty or ornamental qualities, see- 

 ing we already possess many kinds in the same group more hardy and 

 distinct. 



PiNUS BraGHYPTERA: The Short- Wing Seeded Pine. 



" Leaves in twos, threes, or fours, dark green, three to six inches 

 long ; branches horizontal. Cones two to three inches long, and one 

 to two inches broad; scales elevated, recurved, and spiny -pointed. 

 Seeds three lines long, and two lines broad, with the wing shorter 

 than the seeds." So says Mr. Gordon. 



Messrs. Wislizenus and Englemann, state that it is : — A hand- 

 some tree, eighty to one hundred feet high, and two to three feet in 

 diameter ; found abundantly on the mountains of ]^ew Mexico." 

 This is all I have as yet seen of this " The Short- Wing Seeded Pine." 



PiNUS BrUTIA : The Pragrant-Juiced Phie. 



This is a (Jalabrian form of the many quasi-species of the Aleppo 

 Pine ; and like all of them vastly inferior to the prototype Corsica as 

 a timber tree ; but from its hardiness, and accommodating nature as to 

 soil and situation, it is useful enough for ornamental or shelter ])lanta- 

 tions, or for adding number and variety to a pinetum or arboretum. 



PiNUS BUNGEANA : The Epidermis-Barked Pine. 



This is a puerile phrase, a bad metaphor, and an ugly name for so 



