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f. 1^, 13, aiid pi. V. f. C, 7 ; Link in Linnsea, xv. 494 ; Schouw. 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, iii. 234 ; Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. xi. 384 ; 

 Endl. Syn. Conif. 178 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 219 ; 

 Knight, Syn. Conif. 27 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. des Conif. 384 ; Gord. 

 Pinet. 168 ; Veitch, Manual Conif. 147 ; Beissner, Nadelliolzk. 238. 

 UevKrjy Homer, ii. 23, 328. UevKr) Idala, Theophrast. Hist. Plant, 

 iii. 4. Pinaster, Plin. Hist. Nat. xvi. 17. P. silvestris e maritima, 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 366. P. silvestris maritima, Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. 1, iii. 366. P. maritima, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 315 

 (not Lam. nor Lamb.). P. Pinaster, Mor. Stirp. Sard. Elench. 

 i. 42 (not Sol.). P. Laricio Poiretiana, Ant. Conif. 3, t. 2, f. 1 ; 

 Endl. Conif. 179. P. Laricio corsicana, or Corsica, hort. 



Habitat. — Southern Europe, and many parts of Western Asia ; 

 the islands in the Mediterranean Sea, particularly Corsica, Sardinia, 

 and Sicily. Very common on Mount Etna, from 4,000 to 6,000 feet 

 elevation. 



Introduced into England in 1759, under the name of Pinus silvestris 

 maritima. 



P. Laricio has done well at Christiania. It has ripened seeds at 

 the Botanic Gardens of Upsala. 



There can be little doubt that this is the best all-round Conifer 

 that has yet found its way into the British Isles, and we predict that 

 ere long the number of Corsican Pines to be found in woods and 

 plantations will far exceed that of any other introduced or native 

 species. It is of very rapid growth, and is well suited for planting, 

 even in the most exposed and wind-swept situations ; is not fastidious 

 as to soil, and is perhaps the most valuable timber-producing tree that 

 has ever been brought before the British arboriculturist. 



As an ornamental tree it is almost superfluous to say one word in 

 its favour, its light, airy appearance being well known to every tree- 

 lover. We do not wish it, however, to be inferred that it can in 

 point of ornament compare with several other species, although it 

 will be admitted it is worthy of at least second rank. From our own 

 experience of home-grown wood of the Corsican Pine, it is, so far 

 as lasting qualities are concerned, second to none of those we have 

 tried. It is strong, tough, elastic, very resinous, and easily worked, 

 and this is speaking of trees of fully fifty years' growth. We have 

 used home-grown Laricio wood for many purposes, and always with 

 the most satisfactory results, some of the largest planks being fully 

 27 inches wide, and cut from trees that girthed nearly 9 feet at a yard 

 from the ground. Recently we examined several planks which were 

 sawn up seven years ago, and find that they are little the worse for the 

 wear and tear to which they have been subjected. In France exten- 

 sive plantations of this Pine have been formed, while the Prussian 

 Government has introduced it into the State forests (Trans. Roy. 

 Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2). 



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