536 EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 
silvery foliage of the Bhotan pine springing from the dark cushion 
of foliage the Austrian pine would throw around it, would make a 
beautiful effect. 
The Corsican Pine. P. laricio . — A lofty tree of the most 
rapid growth and regularly pyramidal form. Though a native of 
the high lands adjacent to the Mediterranean, it is also found on 
the mountains of Caucasus, and it is considered hardy with us. 
Hoopes (Book of Evergreens) says of it : “ For lawn-planting the 
Corsican pine is one of the most beautiful and available trees we 
have, and is almost invariably an attractive object in a collection. 
As it is a native of warm climates, many persons suppose it will 
prove too tender for this section (Westchester, near Philadelphia); 
but so far as we have been able to ascertain, it has given entire 
satisfaction. The long wavy leaves are of a bright green color, and 
the perfect shape of the tree has always produced a favorable 
impression with us, and we wish it were more extensively known.” 
It is not quite hardy at Rochester. H. W. Sargent says of it : 
“ It is quite as hardy as the Austrian all over the country, having 
somewhat the same robust habit, only a less vivid green.” Its 
growth is rather more loose and open than that of the Austrian 
pine— the space between the whorls of its branches being much 
greater, and, taken altogether, it is a less pleasing tree. 
The F. /. caramanica is a variety of the Corsican pine, of less 
size, and lower, rounder, and more bushy form ; a distinct and 
valuable variety. 
The F. /. pygmcea is an extremely dwarf variety, whose branches 
trail along the ground, and bear short rigid curled leaves (Hoopes). 
Will probably be useful for grafting on other pines. 
Calabrian Pine. F. bruttia . — Leaves in two’s, rarely three’s, 
about nine inches long, slender, glabrous, wav}^, light green. 
A lofty tree from the mountains of Calabria, where it grows from 
four to five thousand feet above the level of the sea ; of spreading 
umbelliferous form, and fine color. The length of its leaves is one 
of its interesting features. Sargent and Hoopes both speak of it 
as having proved hardy ; the former at Fishkill, N. Y., and the 
