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CONINERiE. THE PINUS, OR PINE TREE. 
"Weymouth Pine). — Leaves in fives, slender, 
bright glaucous green, very fine. Cones four 
inches long, and nearly two inches in diameter 
in the middle, ovate, whorled. 
A fine tree, found on the mountains of 
Mexico, having the appearance of Pinus 
Strobus, but differing from that tree in hav- 
ing cones in which no resemblance can be 
traced to those of the Weymouth Pine. 
Pinus Apulcensis, Lindley (Apulco Pine). 
— Leaves five, slender, six inches long, and 
glaucous. Cones pendulous, ovate, and 
whorled, from four to six inches long, covered 
■with minute elevations, and having erect, 
tapering scales, sometimes hooked. 
A tree growing to the height of 50 feet, on 
slopes of hills and in ravines in Mexico. It 
flourishes in the hot and unwholesome air of 
Acapulco, where it was first discovered, and 
is therefore not likely to prove hardy in this 
country. 
Pinus Orizabce, Gordon (Orizaba Pine). — 
Leaves in fives, very slender, sharp-pointed, 
triquetrous, from eight to nine inches long, 
of a light green colour, and thickly set on the 
branches ; sheaths persistent, about half an 
inch long, rather smooth and entire. Cones in 
clusters of four or five, pendulous, from four 
to five inches long, and two and a half 
inches broad at the base, straight and tapering 
to a point, with elevated, slightly hooked 
scales, half an inch across, each enclosing two 
small seeds, with wings nearly an inch in 
length. 
A tree of moderate size, inhabiting the 
mountain of Orizaba, in Mexico. In habit 
and foliage this pine much resembles P. 
Pseudo- Strobus, but the cones are very dif- 
ferent from those of that kind, and are more 
like those of P. macrophylla, though not more 
than half their size. The cones have a foot- 
stalk nearly an inch in length. The branches 
are numerous, spreading, rather irregular, 
slightly incurved, and slender, with rough 
bark, and large, imbricated buds, totally des- 
titute of resinous matter. It has been 
recently (1846) raised in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society, but no positive evi- 
dence as to its hardiness has yet been obtained. 
Pijius Itusselllana, Lindley (Duke of Bed- 
ford's Pine). — Leaves five together, very long, 
slender, with sheaths upwards of an inch in 
length. Cones seven inches long and two 
inches wide near to the base, bearing pyrami- 
dal obtuse scales. 
A large tree, native of Mexico, on moun- 
tains near Real del Monte, and found to be 
tolerably hardy in the climate of Scotland. 
Specimens are in the garden of the London 
Horticultural Society, and in the Pinetum at 
Rozelle, Ayrshire. It is a highly ornamental 
and vigorous looking tree. 
Pinus Devoniana, Lindley (Duke of De- 
vonshire's Pine). — Leaves five together, very 
long and slender, with sheaths nearly an 
inch long. Cones ten inches in length, pen- 
dulous, horn-like, growing singly, about three 
inches across near the base, and tapering to 
somewhat less than two inches across at top. 
Scales polished, obtuse. 
A noble tree, from seventy feet to eighty 
feet high, found on elevated districts, between 
Real del Monte and Regla, in Mexico, and 
bearing there the name of Pino bianco or P. real. 
Not likely to prove serviceable as a timber 
tree in this country. The young shoots are 
thick and succulent, being nearly an inch in 
diameter, and evidently require a high tempe- 
rature to ripen them. 
Pinus Hartwegii, Lindley (Hartiveg's 
Pine). — Leaves four or five together, six 
inches long, and slender. Cones in pendulous 
clusters, oblong, obtuse, four inches long, with 
depressed scales, truncate, and of a greyish 
brown colour. 
A tree found by Mr. Hartweg on the 
mountains of Mexico, growing to the height 
of from forty to fifty feet. Considered rather 
too tender for the climate of England ; but not 
yet sufficiently tested in this respect. 
Pinus Grenvillem, Gordon (Lady Gren- 
ville's Pine). — Leaves in fives, robust, tri- 
quetrous, thickly set, and fourteen inches in 
length on the wild specimens ; sheaths persis- 
tent, nearly an inch and a half in length, - 
rough and scaly. Cones pendulous, solitary, 
sixteen inches long, and three inches and a 
half broad at the base, quite straight, tapering 
from the base to the point, with slightly 
elevated blunt scales, three quarters of an 
inch broad. Seeds, medium sized, with broad 
two-cleft wings. 
A noble tree, found plentifully on the high- 
est parts of the Cerro de San Juan, or Saddle 
mountain, near Tepic, in Mexico, where it 
grows from sixty to eighty feet high. The 
branches are irregular and very robust, with 
large imbricated non-resinous buds, thickly 
set with long narrow brown scales. The 
leaves a good deal resemble those of P. 
macrophijlla, but are rather longer. The long 
straight cones and stout foliage, at once dis- 
tinguish this pine. In Mexico, it is called 
by the natives " ocote macho" or male pine. 
Young plants have been recently (1846) 
raised in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, where it was sent by Mr. Hartweg. 
It is expected to be hardy. 
Pinus Gordoniana, Hartweg (Gordon's 
Pine). — Leaves in fives, rather slender, 
triquetrous, dense, light green, and longer 
than any others ; sheaths persistent, about an 
inch and a quarter long, rough and scaly. 
Cones on footstalks half an inch long, pendu- 
