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coni'fer.e. pi'nus.

the stone pine is the same as that recommended for the pinaster; this specieshaving also very long taproots, which render it necessary to be extremely care-ful in taking them up for removal : indeed, they should generally be grown inpots; and, when they are turned out of the pots to be planted where theyare finally to remain, the greatest care should be taken to stretch out theroots, and to spread them carefully in every direction.

Statistics. It is remarkable that there is no record of a stone pine in England which has attaineda timber-like size. No specimens are mentioned either by Millet or Dr. Walker; and the one statedby Gilpin to have been growing in the Botanic Garden at Oxford, and another, with a straight stem,free from knots for a considerable height, with a great branching head, at Old Court, in Ireland,described by Hayes, were probably pinasters. There is no tree of this species at Whitton or Pain’sHill: the one at Kew is a mere bush ; as is that at Purser’s Cross ; and Mr. Lambert only mentionsone in the garden of H. Cavendish, Esq., at Clapham, but does not state its age or height

Existing Trees. In England. In Devonshire, at Luscombe, 11 years planted, 1(5 ft. high. In Berk-shire, in a garden on the right hand of the road on entering Reading, a handsome tree, 30 ft. high,with a clear trunk of 15 ft., and a broad spreading head upwards of 30 ft. in diameter. In Surrey, atBagshot Park, 16 years planted, 18 ft. high; at Oakham, 33 years planted, 26 ft. high ; at BarwoodPark, 35 ft.)high. In Durham, at Southend, 19 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Hertfordshire, atCheshunt, 8 years planted, 6ft. 6in. high. In Staffordshire,atTrentham, 26years planted, it is 16ft.high ; in the Handsworth Nursery, 12 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Suffolk, in the Bury BotanicGarden, 8 years planted, it is 8ft.high j at Finborough Hall, 16 yearsplanted, 18 ft. high j at AmptonHall, 14 years planted, 9 ft. high.—In Scotland. In Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary’s Isle, 14 years plantedit is 8 ft. high.—In Ireland. At Dublin, in the Glasnevin Garden, 33 yearsplanted, 20 ft. high. In Cork,at Castle Freke, 38 ft. high. In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, 45ft. high.—In France. AtParis, in the Jardin des Plantes, 100 years old, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of thehead 42ft.; at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, 12ft. high; at Avranches, 29years planted, 20 ft. high.—In the greater part of Germany, it is a green-house plant.

Commercial Statistics. Seeds, in London, are 2s. per lb. Plants, one year’sseedlings, 5s. per hundred; in pots, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, 1«. and 1«. 6 d. each ;at New York, one dollar.

§ iv. Halepenses.

Sect. Char. Leaves slender. Cones as long as the leaves, stalked, withthe terminations of the scales flattened. Buds small, roundish, imbricated,and altogether without resin.

1 14. P. halepe'nsis Ait. The Aleppo Pine.

Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 367.; Lam. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 7. ; Desf. FI. Alt., 2. p. 352. ; Mill.Diet., No. 8. t. 208.; N. Du Ham., 5. p.238.; Hayne Dend., p. 173.; Lawson’s Manual, p.344.:Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Synonymes. P. hierosolymit&na Du Ham. Arb ., 2. p. 126. ; P. maritima prima Mathiolus ; Pin deJerusaleme, Fr.

Engravings. Mill. Diet., No. 8. t. 208.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1.1. 7. (exclusive of the ripe cone, whichis that of P. Laricio); our jig. 2113., to our usual scale; and jigs. 2110. to 2112.; all from speci-mens from a tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.

Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves in pairs, very slender. Cones pyramidal, roundedat the base, turned downwards, smooth, solitary or in pairs, stalked.(Lois., and obs.) Buds (seejig. 2110.) from Jin. to Jin. long ; and M,from J^in. to Jin. broad; imbricated, roundish, somewhat pointed, ®wholly without resin; and altogether like those of a pinaster in mini- @ature. Cones (Jig.2l\ 1.) from 2jin. to 3 in. in length; and from IJ in.to 1J in. in breadth; invariably turned downwards, so as to form ®an acute angle with the stem. Footstalks of the cones from Jin. fflto J in. in length. Scale (Jig. 2112. a) from 1 J in. to 1J in. long, and S»Jin. broad. Seed, without the wing (c), from Jin. to fin. in length, Infand in. in breadth; with the wing ( b ), from 1 in. to 1J in. in length.Cotyledons about 7. The tree flowers, in the climate of London,about the end of May or the beginning of June. 2110

Varieties. None of these are very distinct. P. brutia, judging from theyoung plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, would appear tobelong to P. halepensis, from the leaves and buds; but, as the cones inMr. Lambert’s figure are sessile, produced in clusters, and stand outhorizontally, it seems rather to approach P. Pinaster; and we shall there-fore give it as a doubtful species in a future page. Two trees of P.halepensis in the Horticultural Society’s Garden have borne cones, andthose of one tree are considerably smaller than those of the other; andthis is the only variety of the existence of which we are certain from