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twenty-eight feet in circumference. It seems peculiarly a 
mountain pine, flourishing above the region of P. Sabiniana, 
and in the greatest abundance, near Monterey, and on the 
mountains above Bear Creek. The timber is said to be the 
most valuable of the pines, though at five dollars apiece for 
small plants eight to twelve inches high, we are not likely to 
test this excellence for some years. It proves very hardy at 
Wodenethe. Our specimens, but slightly protected, have stood 
for three years without injury. 
It is also hardy at “Wellesley,” near Boston, the residence 
of Mr. Hunnewell. In the public grounds at Washington, 
there are fine specimens three and four feet high. At Yorkville, 
it is hardy, though the plants being very small, are often under 
the snow. At Flushing, on the contrary, it is returned “not 
hardy,” and it may belong to those pines which do not flourish 
near the sea. It being still very rare and costly, it has not yet 
been much planted. 
P. Bruiia (Calabrian Cluster pine). — A fine lofty tree of 
sixty to seventy feet, and bright green foliage, 
Sy ™‘ coiMomerata spreading head, found in Calabria, and 
closely resembling P. Halepensis (the Aleppo 
pine) . It is not unlike, in its general appearance, some of the 
numerous varieties of Maritima ; it proves perfectly hardy with 
us, having been out several winters. 
P. Canariensis (Canary Island pine). — A charming, grace- 
ful, slender pine, with long pendulous leaves, growing seventy 
to eighty feet, in its own country, but too tender for any thing 
but pot-culture here, though it might do at the extreme South. 
P. Cembra (Swiss Stone pine). — All travelers who have 
crossed Mount Cenis and the Tyrol, must have 
p. Helvetica. been struck with the vast forests of this tree, 
p. montana, &c. which abound in those stupendous regions. It 
is the pine of the Alps ; and as such must prove hardy anywhere 
at the North. It grows about fifty feet high, but very slowly, 
though always forming a pretty, compact tree. There are many 
synonyms, and two varieties ; the Siberian Stone pine, with 
shorter, denser, and greener leaves, and the Dwarf Cembran 
pine, found on the rocks of the Ural Mountains. The seeds of 
all three of these varieties are eatable. 
