276 



PEACTICAL rOKESTRY. 



but most abundant in the northern and colder regions of the 

 country. A small tree, only thirty to forty feet high. Wood 

 excellent in quality, but not large enough for lumber. Hardy, 

 and of quite rapid growth, while young. 



P. excelsa, Wallich. — Bhotan Pine. — Leaves five in a sheath, 

 and six or seven inches long, very slender, and of a glaucous, 

 green color, and very pendulous. Cones six to nine inches 

 long, and only about two inches in diameter, drooping and 

 clustered, with broad, thick, wedge-shaped imbricated scales. 

 One of the most graceful of all the White Pines, but very sub- 

 ject to blight in this country, and for this reason cannot be 

 recommended for general cultivation. Native of Nepal and 

 Bhotan on the Himalayas, at elevations of six to ten thousand 

 feet. 



P. Laricio, Poiret. — Corsican Pine. — Leaves in twos, four to 

 six inches long, slender, and very wavy or somewhat twisted. 

 Cones two to three inches long, conical-oblong, recurved, and 

 of a light brown color ; scales with a minute prickle or none at 

 all. A large and noble tree, somewhat resembling in general 

 appearance the Austrian Pine, but leaves of a slightly lighter 

 green color, and readily distinguished by their shape. A valua- 

 ble, hard, and rapid-growing tree from the South of Europe, in 

 the Island of Corsica, where it is said to grow to a hight of a 

 hundred and fifty feet. There are several varieties described in 

 botanical works, but none equal in value to the species. 



P. Massoniana, Siebold. — Masson's Pine. — Leaves in twos, four 

 to six inches long, rather stiff, twisted, convex on the outer 

 side and concave within, quite straight, sharp-pointed, and of a 

 bright green color. Cones an inch to an inch and a half long, 

 conical, incurved, solitary, but usually very numerous, with 

 closely imbricated scales, terminated with slender prickles. 

 An upright, compact-growing tree, from forty to fifty feet 

 high, native of Japan, and very widely distributed from the sea- 

 coast to the mountains. The Japanese have several varieties of 

 this species in cultivation, and one known as The Sun Ray 

 Pine," was introduced a few years since by the Messrs. Parsons 

 & Sons, Flushing, N. Y. , and who have propagated it to a hmit- 

 ed extent. The leaves of this variety are variegated with 

 golden-yellow, a most distinct and unique variety. 



P. Mngho, Bauhin. — Mugho Pine. — Leaves in twos, one and a 

 haK to two inches long, rigid, twisted, and of a very dark green 



