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are male plants.

These and theplants of Mr.

Douglas havebeen carefullycompared withEuropean onesfound growingon the Junipe-rus Oxycedrus,some from thesouth of France(in Languedoc,gathered by M.

Bory de SaintVincent), andothers fromMt.

Caucasus, com-municated tome by Mr. Pres-cott,and I mustconfess, I can-notperceiveanyspecific differ-ence in themwhatever. Ingeneral, but notalways, thosefrom the oldworld are ei-ther greener orblacker whendry; and theAmerican moreyellow.”( Ilook.

FI. Bor. Amer.,i. p. 278.) Pi-nus ponderosa,which is, per-haps, more har-dy than the pi-naster, and isof equally rapid

growth, has a noble appearance, even when a young tree; and, togetherwith P. Sabiniarca and P. Coulteri, equally noble trees, and apparently ashardy and of as rapid growth, well deserves a place in every pinetum.Price of the plants, in the London nurseries, 21«. each.

B. Cones having the Scales hooked.

§ vii. Sabitnkute.

Sect. Char. Cones large, with the apex of the scales elongated and hooked.

i 20. P. Sabinis na Douglas. Sabine's, or the great prick/y-coned, Pina.

Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 80.; Lawson’s Manual, p. 353.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 80.; our Jig. 2142., to our usual scale; and figs. 2138. to 2140.,of the natural size, from the tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and Lambert.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in threes, very long. Cones ovate, echinate, very large.Scales long, awl-shaped, incurved, and spiny at the apex. (Lamb. Pin.) Buds,