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cumference near the base ; the seeds are from one-half to one inch long ; 

 palatable, and dark brown in colour ; the branches are generally 

 ascending, but the lower ones spreading, and the branchlets short, 

 somewhat slender and irregularly disposed. It attains heights of from 

 thirty to fifty feet; is tolerably hardy, and of very tardy and slow 

 growth, and of no value in this country but for adding number and 

 variety to our arboretums or pinetums. 



PiNUS GorDONIANA: Gordon's Pine. 



A Mexican beauty ; a quasi long-leaved Pine, having its foliage 

 from twelve to eighteen inches long ; but, like too many of its con- 

 geners from that sunny clime, it is much too tender and delicate for 

 such a climate as ours. 



PiNUS GrenVILLE^: Lady Granville's Pine. 



This is another delicate beauty from the same country ; and closely 

 related to the preceding ; but of a somewhat more robust habit of 

 growth ; having stronger leaves, Avhich are generally in fives, and more 

 than a foot in length : though it has much larger cones, which are 

 from one to one-and-a-half feet long, but less numerous. The Mexi- 

 cans call our Lady Granville's Pine Ocote macho^ or male Pine; and 

 our Mr. Gordon's Pine, Ocote hemhre^ or female Pine ; but our 

 botanic pedants reversed the terms : hence another of their ungallant 

 and stupid tricks ! This Pine, like the preceding, is too delicate for 

 general planting in England, though it is rather more hardy, being 

 found rather higher up on the Saddle Mountains of Mexico, 



PiNUS HaLEPENSIS : The Aleppo Pine. 



This Pine has been known in Britain for nearly two hundred 

 years. It is tolerably hardy, attaining heights of from twenty to forty 

 feet ; and is useful as a small-sized ornamental tree in this country. 

 Its leaves are from two to four inches long, and deep green in colour. 

 Its cones are from two to four inches long, and pyramidal in form. 



PiNUS HaRTWEGII: Hartweg's Pine. 



This was introduced from Mexico in 1839, but it has since been 

 found in the north-west regions. It is a robust-branched, fine- 

 foliaged, small-sized Pine : the leaves being from five to seven inches 

 long, four or five in a sheath : and the cones from four to six inches 

 long, oblong in form, and about half as broad as long. It is hardy 

 enough for this country, and a useful small-sized Pine for ornamental 

 planting in Britain, but of no economic value for its timber. 



PiNUS InOPS: The Poor Pine. 



So called from its native habitat — the poor sandy and barren soils 



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