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CONIFERS. — THE PINUS, OR PIXE TREE. 
on the P. sylvestris. Mr. Locke, of Eozelle, 
Ayrshire, says, " Of all the most ornamental 
pines, this is the most striking here : the 
foliage is of a beautiful delicate green, the 
plant making sometimes two shoots in a 
season, yet never injured by frost. The an- 
nual growths average three feet ; therefore, 
whether it be a valuable timber tree or not, it 
is certainly an object of much interest as an 
ornament in the pleasure-ground. All our 
plants, though quite exposed in winter, have 
never been injured in any way." 
Pinus Teocote, Schiede (Ocote Pine). — 
Leaves three, light green, scabrous, wavy. 
Cones smooth, ovate, with angular blunt 
scales ; in shape, like those of P. sylvestris. 
A lofty tree, growing on Mount Orizaba, in 
Mexico, and introduced by the late Mr. Lam- 
bert, of Boyton, where the only fine specimen 
in this country is to be seen. The species 
succeeds well in Scotland; thriving plants 
being found both at Rozelle and Ballindalloch. 
The properties of the timber of this tree are 
as yet unknown. Its ornamental character is 
admitted on all hands ; but it is difficult to be 
had even in the first nurseries. From the 
altitude of its native habitat, it will, in all 
probability, withstand our winters without 
injury. 
Pinus cembroides, Zuccarini (Cembra-like 
Pine). — Leaves in threes, from an inch to an 
inch and a half long, rigid, and of a light 
green colour. Cones, stalkless, and growing 
singly, from two to three inches long, and 
nearly two inches broad at the base, with six 
or seven rows of scales, rounded at the margin, 
and enclosing two wingless top-shaped seeds. 
The branches grow in whorls, mostly five 
together, but sometimes more numerous ; they 
are slender, and slightly incurved, have toler- 
ably smooth bark, and remarkably small buds, 
nearly, or quite without resin. 
A low growing handsome tree of about 
thirty feet high, with much the general 
appearance and foliage of P. Llaveana, with 
which the late Mr. Loudon identified it. It 
is, however, a very different, and perfectly 
new plant, having much smaller leaves, and 
cones three or four times larger. The plant 
has recently been raised by the Horticultural 
Society from seeds, collected by Mr. Hartweg, 
on the cold districts of the mountain Orizaba, 
at an elevation of 10,000 feet above the sea. 
There is little doubt of this plant proving to 
be perfectly hardy in our gardens, as its 
habitat on the cold elevated tracks of Orizaba 
would seem to indicate. 
Pinus Llaveana, Schiede (La Llave's Pine). 
— Leaves generally in threes, often in twos, 
sometimes in fours, short, narrow, twisted, 
glaucous, and tufted. Cones two inches and 
a quarter long, with three rows of prominent 
obtuse scales. Seeds large and eatable. Buds 
very small. 
A handsome low tree, growing twenty 
or thirty feet high, found in the mountain 
forests of Mexico, between Zimapan and 
Real del Oro. It is perfectly hardy in Eng- 
land. According to Mr. Loudon, there is a 
good specimen of it in the Arboretum at 
Chiswick, and that author recommends its 
being grafted on P. halepensis, to which it 
bears a resemblance. 
Pinus patula, Schiede (spreading-leaved 
Pine). — Leaves in threes, recurved and spread- 
ing, slender, of a soft light green, about seven 
inches long, the margins serrated. Cones 
polished, ovate-oblong, four inches long, with 
angular truncated scales, prominent, yet small. 
A lofty tree, found on high mountains in 
the northern provinces of Mexico, and giving 
every promise of being useful and ornamental 
in this country. The finest plant in Britain 
is at Boyton, the seat of Mr. Lambert, and it 
is also to be seen at Rozelle, in Ayrshire, six 
feet in height. • It is there considered a 
" lovely" pine. 
b. Scales of cones spiny at apex. 
Pinus australis, Michaux (southern Pine). 
— The leaves three in a sheath, eight inches 
long, grass-green, in clusters at the tip of the 
branches. Buds half an inch long, and with- 
out resin. Cones about eight inches long, and 
two and a half inches broad at the widest 
part, ovate- oblong ; scales depressed, armed 
with small prickles. 
The synonymes of this tree are numerous : 
the following are its most common designa- 
tions : — P. palustris, P. serotina, and P. 
americana palustris. Throughout America, 
it is inown as the pitch pine, yellow pine, 
long-leaved pine, broom pine, and red pine : 
the timber merchants of Britain call it the 
Georgia Pitch Pine. 
One of the finest timber trees of America, 
producing strong, compact, and durable wood : 
and well known to the British timber mer- 
chant. The species has been cultivated in 
England for upw r ards of a century, yet it is 
by no means common in arboretum?, and 
much less so in plantations. In the treatment 
of this tree, two very important points seem 
to have been overlooked, and the writer has 
the greatest confidence in recommending them 
to the notice of British arboriculturists. 1st. 
The tree will, in all probability, succeed along 
the sea shore, it being found in maritime 
situations in its native country. The sea air 
checks the intensity of frost, against wdiich, 
J in inland situations, it is certainly unable 
to bear up. 2dly. The soil in wdiich it is 
planted should be little better than that which 
| lies on the sea-beach, the universal objection 
