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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
April 7. j 
thrown away, and lie almost gives up cultivation in dis¬ 
appointment and disgust. To prevent such occurrences, 
the lists given by Mr. Appleby will do much, as they 
include none but what have proved to be good varieties, 
and sufficient description bciug given to enable any one 
to choose distinct sorts, the amateur may have no hesi¬ 
tation in selecting from them. L. T. F. 
CONIFERS. 
(ContinuedJ'rvm page 183). 
SECTION OF PINUS WITH FIVE LEAVES IN A SHEATH. 
Pi n us Lambertiana (Mr. Lambert's Pine). — This 
truly noble Pine was named by Mr. Douglas, the dis¬ 
coverer, in honour of the late A. Lambert, Esq., the 
learned author of a Monograph on Pinus. It is a 
native of the north sides of the mountains of California, 
growing there 000 feet high. The branches droop 
downwards beautifully, rendering tho tree very orna¬ 
mental. The cones are very long, frequently from 
eighteen inches to two feet, and arc like the branches, 
pendulous. Tho natives use the seeds as food, eating 
them roasted, as we do the sweet chcsnut, and pound¬ 
ing them into cakes, which they eat as bread in winter. 
They use the resin also; when it exudes from the 
partly burnt wood it becomes sweet, and is then used 
as sugar. In addition to these good qualities, this line 
tree is perfectly hardy, having stood the severe winter 
of 1837-8, but it does not bear so well a full southern 
exposure; it should, therefore, be planted on tho shady 
sides of our hills, or on the north side of more tender 
species. 
Pinus leiophylla (Smooth-leaved Pine).—A Mexican 
Pine, with smooth green leaves and cones, with the 
scales at the top quite entire. Though a handsome tree 
of considerable size in Mexico, it is unfortunately too 
tender for even the more favoured spots of this country. 
Any one wishing to cultivate it must place it in a cool 
conservatory. 
Pinus macrophylla (Largest - leaved Pine).—Mr. 
Hartweg, whilst travelling on or over the mountain 
Ocotillo, met with only one specimen of this fine, large- 
leaved, and long-coned Pine. It is very rare in eon- 
sequence, and, therefore, its hardihood remains to be 
proved. 
Pinus Montezuma; (Montezuma’s Pine).—A fine, tall 
tree from Mexico, and, consequently, rather tender. Jn 
tho fine Pinetum belonging to W. R. Baker, Esq., 
at Bayfordbury, in Herts, there is, perhaps, the finest 
specimen of this noble Pine in Great Britain. There 
are also some fine trees of it in Devonshire. I would 
not, however, advise the venturing it out further north 
without protection. The variety named P. M. Lindleyi, 
is more hardy, and even more beautiful. I observed, two 
years ago, a nice young treo of this variety in a rather 
extensive Pinetum lately formed at the beautiful seat of 
Lady Ramsdcn, at Byram Hall, near Ferrybridge, in 
Yorkshire. The excellent gardener there, Mr. Tinker, 
has laid out and planted this Pinetum with great taste 
and judgment, and the Pines seem to grow very luxu¬ 
riantly in a maiden loam, upon a subsoil of a limy 
character. Both the species and the variety have very 
long leaves and large cones; tho variety has the leaves 
of a very silvery hue which renders it very handsome 
and conspicuous. 
Pinus jvionticola (The Mountain Pine).—So named 
by the late Mr. Douglas, the celebrated botanical col¬ 
lector. It has short leaves compared with the rest of 
this section, but is still a very beautiful tree, with 
shining-brown bark. It is hardy. 
Pinus nivea (White Pine).—Mr. Booth, of Ham¬ 
burgh, has this Pine in his collection, and has so named 
it from its very silvery leaves. It is a native of the 
north-west coast of America, and is, consequently, able 
to endure our severest winter. It is as yet, however, 
very scarce, and very little known. 
Pinus OboARrA (Egg-shaped Cone Pine).—Another 
Mexican species, with cones in the shape of an egg, and 
leaves nearly a foot long. Like many species from that 
country it is rather tender, but will bear the climate of 
Devon and Ireland. In the north it must have the 
protection of the conservatory, or have a tent set up 
over it to screen it from severe frost. There is a variety 
named P. Ovcdrpoides, but it is very little known. 
Pinus Orizaba; (Orizaba Pine).—So named by Dr. 
Lindley from its native habitat on tho mountains of 
Orizaba, in Mexico. It is about as hardy as the last- 
named species. 
Pinus parviflora (Small-flowered Pine).—Named and 
described by Sicboldt and Zuccariua, authors of the 
“ Flora Japonica,” as a tree growing in that country (its 
native habitat) from twenty to thirty feet high; it was 
introduced into this country in 1810 ; but whether 
it is hardy or not remains to be proved ;—probably it is. 
Pinus pseudo strobus (False Wcymoulh rine) — 
Native of Mexico, and rather tender, but will live out of 
doors in Devonshire and Ireland. 
Pinus Russeli.iana (Russell’s Pine).—Dr. Lindley has 
named this fine species in honour of the late Duke of 
Bedford, a great patron of gardening. At Woburn, the 
family-seat, there is a very interesting Pinetum. His 
Grace, with a truly patriotic spirit, printed for private 
distribution bis splendid work, the “ Pinetum Wobur- 
nensc,” thus making better known these useful and 
ornamental trees, rivalling in its usefulness the “ Grami- 
nseus Woburnensis,” a standard work on the grasses of 
this country. P. Russelliana is a native of tho Real 
del Monte in Mexico. There is a good specimen of it 
in tho Chiswick Gardens, standing near a fine group of 
P. Gordoniana, P Lindleyi, and P. Devoniana. These 
specimens arc nearly five feet high and very well 
clothed with healthy foliage. 
Pinus strobus (True Weymouth Pine).—Well known 
as a very hardy, elegant, smooth-barked pine. Being a 
native of Canada, it is perfectly hardy, though when 
young, and in exposed situations, the leaves in such a 
season as this turn rather brown. There is in the 
Floetbeck Nurseries, at Hamburgh (Booth), a shorter- 
leaved variety, named P. 8. cotnpressa. Also there are 
the following varieties, P. 8. alba, with whitish leaves; 
P. S. nana, the dwarf; and P. 8. unibraculiferce, the 
umbrella variety. All handsome and worthy of culti¬ 
vation. 
Pinus Tenuifolia (The slender-leaved Pine).—A 
rather tender species, from Central America. It has 
lived for several years in the climate of Cornwall, and ! 
would thrive in the south of Ireland. Being a delicate¬ 
leaved, elegant tree, it is worthy a place in a lofty con¬ 
servatory. 
Pinus Wincesteriana (Marquis of Winchester’s 
Pine).—A fine species from Mexico, but not quite hardy, 
excepting in the most southern counties. 
This concludes the genus Pinus which contains a 
great number of the finest trees in the world distributed 
over its surface, from the north of Siberia to Japan, 
including the mountains and vullics of the western 
hemisphere. This single genus alone would form a 
beautiful Pinetum, containing some species with the 
finest and most beautiful foliage. There are a con- ! 
siderable number of species yet to be introduced, and 
the following, though under name in catalogues, are 
very little known ; even their native habitats, excepting 
the first-named, are yet to be found out. P. araeanensis 
(from Chili), P. Columbia, P. Garoliniana, P. lyrata, 
P. bianco, P. maritima trocata, P. neglecta, P. Nootlca- 
tensis, P. Pannentiera, and P. Wilkinsonii. 
T. Appleby. 
