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effect of this Pine is not much appreciated ; neither is the quality 

 of its wood. It has often been highly recommended for seaside 

 planting, but with ruinous results in the following instances. Soon 

 after reading a favourable report upon this Pine which appeared a 

 number of years ago, a landed proprietor on the west coast planted 

 it extensively, with the result that scarcely a plant survived the first 

 year. I have also tried it, and the failure could not have been greater 

 if I had used a tropical plant. There are said to be several varieties 

 of the Pinaster, and possibly we may not have the hardiest one, 

 which grows so abundantly in the West of France. Unless we can 

 import the hardiest variety, I don't think we shall ever grow the 

 Maritime (or Cluster) Pine in sufficient numbers on our seaboard to 

 supply us with pitch, tar, resin, and other products of the Pinaster. I 

 would advise the British landowner rather not to purchase them 

 than risk their failure on bleak seaside exposures " (Trans. Poy. Scot. 

 Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2). 



P. P. Hamiltoni, Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 383. P. Hamiltonii, 

 Ten. Cat. ; Orton, Bot. Napol. 1845. (?) P. Pinaster major, Duham. 

 Arbr. ii. 133, t. 28, No. 2, ex DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 273. P. Pinaster 

 altissima, Lamb. P. Corteana, hort. 



It was introduced to England in 1825 by the Earl of Aberdeen, 

 from the neighbourhood of Nice, 



P. P. Lemoniana, Endl. Syn. Conif. 169 ; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 

 963, f. 1783-84 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Knight, 

 Syn. Conif. 27. P. Lemoniana, Benth. in Hort. Trans, ser. 2, i. 512, 

 t. 20 ; Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. xi. 400. 



P. Pinea, L. Spec. PI. 491 ; Du Roi, Harbk. ed. Pott. ii. 52 ; 

 Lamb. Pinet. ed. 1, i. 11, t. 6-8, and ed. 2, i. 23, t. 10, 11 ; Loud. Arbor. 

 Brit. iv. 2224, f. 2106-2109, and Encycl. of Trees, 965, f. 1787-89 ; 

 Desf. Hist. Arb. ii. 611 ; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. t. 72, 73, f. 3 ; 

 DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 273 ; C. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 418 ; Ant. Conif. 20, t. 3, 

 f. 2 ; Link in LinUcTa, xv. 499 ; Griseb. Spicileg. Fl. Rumel. ii. 

 347 ; Pinet. Wob. 31, t. 10 ; Schouw, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, iii. 

 236 ; Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. xi. 375 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 182 ; 

 Knight, Syn. Conif. 27 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 219 ; 

 Carr. Tr. G^n. des Conif. 402 ; Gord. Pinet. 179 ; Veitch, Man. 

 Conif. 154 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 220. P. domestica, Mathiol. 

 Valgris. 87. P. sativa, C. Bauh. Pin. 491. P. ossiculis dur'is, foUis 

 longis, J. Bauh. Hist. i. 248. Pinus, Plin. Hist. Nat. xvi. 16. P. 

 maderensis, Ten. in Semp. Hort. Reg. Neapol. 1845. P. Pinea 

 chinensis, hort. P. americana pinea, hort. P. japonica, hort. P. afri- 

 cana, hort. 



Habitat. — Italy and the Mediterranean region generallj^, both in 

 Europe and Africa ; also Portugal, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. 



Introduced into England before 1548, as it is mentioned in 

 Turner's " Names of Herbes," published in that year. 



