PI'NUS LARI'CIO. 
CORSICAN PINE. 
Class. Order. 
MONCECIA, MONADELPHIA. 
Natural Order. 
VlUkCEM. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit 
Introduced 
Corsica. 
90 feet. 
June. 
Tree. 
in 1814. 
No. 968. 
Firms, according to some authors, is derived 
from the Greek pion, fat; others believe it to have 
come from the Celtic pin, a mountain. The for- 
mer alludes to the produce of the trees, as pitch 
and tar; and the latter, to its usual habitation. 
The Corsican Pine, as its name imjiorts, is a 
native of Corsica; but not of Corsica alone, for it 
is known to e.xist extensively in Pmssia and Spain, 
and in many situations in the intermediate parts 
of the European continent. It has also been dis- 
covered in various parts of Asia, particularly in the 
northern districts of that quai’ter of the globe. 
When first noticed by botanists it was thought to 
be a variety of Pinus sylvestris, or Scotch Pine, 
but subsequent observation gave it a place as a 
distinct species ; since which time several well 
marked vaideties have been discovered. Its foliage 
is darker coloured than that of the Scotch Pine, 
and its gi'owth more rapid ; it demands, however, 
a better soil, and does not succeed so well as Syl- 
vestris, on rocks thinly covered -with earth. 
As a timber tree, the Pinus laricio is valuable 
on account of its rapid growth ; and its quality is 
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