good for general purposes, but it contains more saj»- 
wood, and is not so strong as the Scotch. About 
fifty years ago the Corsican forests were examined 
by oi’der of the French government, for this pine, 
and much fine timber was obtained. Entire ves- 
sels, it is said, were built with it. Since that 
time it has been planted extensively in France, 
but in England it only exists as a tree of orna- 
ment, for which purjDOse it is well calculated ; 
indeed, from its more rapid growth, which in young 
trees will be about two feet annually; for its hand- 
some form also, and the deep colour of its foliage, 
we earnestly recommend it for planting, in prefer- 
ence to the common Scotch Pine. 
In the Horticultural Society’s garden, at Chis- 
wick, this tree may be seen between thirty and 
forty feet high; hartng been planted nearly twenty 
years. Specimens may also be seen at Kew, 
where it is ninety feet high; at Trentham, White 
Knights, Woburn Abbey, Dropmore, the Birming- 
ham Botanic Garden, and at Hampton Hall, Suf- 
folk. Those who desire to raise seedlings of this 
Pine, in quantities, should be particularly careful 
as to the source whence they obtain seeds; for as 
these are not produced in large quantities, other 
sorts are sometimes supplied in lieu of them. 
The seeds, which are of a greyish colour, and have 
black specks about them, are, with the wing, quite 
an inch long ; but the seed alone does not exceed 
the eighth of an inch in length. This species may 
be grafted on stocks of the Scotch Pine — a method 
which is not desirable excepting that it may facili- 
tate the supply of strong plants. 
