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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

but it will succeed in any soil, provided it is loose; and it even loves amoist soil, if not too wet. It thrives best in situations having a southernaspect. This pine was first introduced into Britain by Mr. Lawson ofEdinburgh , in 1835. The seeds were sown in that year, on light sandysoil; and, at the end of the first season, the plants were twice as largeas those of P. sylvestris sown at the same time in the same soil; andthey had remarkably large deep-penetrating roots. (Man., p. 339.)

Properties and Uses. The sap wood of P. austriaca is said by Hoss tobe of a whitish yellow, and the heart wood of a rusty yellow; the latterbeing very resinous, strong, and tough. It is much valued in Austria , whenkept dry; and is said to surpass even the larch in resisting the injuriouseffects of water, or of alternate moisture and dryness. It is used by joiners,coopers, &c., and makes excellent fuel. When burned, the flames, on accountof the resin contained in the wood, produce a very dense black smoke; and,where lampblack is the object, it is very productive of that substance.The wood is preferred to that of the beech for charcoal ; and the roots affordsplinters for torches. Among all the native pines of Austria , this one is saidto afford the greatest quantity of turpentine.

Commercial Statistics. Price of plants, in Lawson’s Nursery, Edinburgh ,10s. a thousand for one-year’s seedlings, and 20s. for two-years’ seedlings.

I 9. P. (L.) Pali.as/^'.V/I Lamb. Pallas’s, or the Tartarian, Pine .

Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1.1. 5.; Lawson’s Manual, p. 339.

Synonymes. P. taurica Hort.; P. tatarica'.in the Hammersmith Nursery in 1797 ; P. marttima Pall.Ind. Taur. (according to a specimen in Mr. Lambert’s herbarium) j P. Pinea Habl. Taur. y p. 97.;P. halepensis Bieb. Ft. Taur. Cauc. t 2. p. 408. (exclusive of the synonymes, except those of Pall,and Habl.); P. Laricio Bieb. FI. Taur. Cauc. Supply 3. p. 623. (exclusive of the synonymes, exceptthose of Pall, and Habl); Tzaam in the Tartar language.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2, 1.1. 5.; our figs. 2087. and 2089., to our usual scale; figs. 2086. and2088., of the natural size, from living specimens received from A. Lambert, Esq., taken from histrees at Boyton j and the plate of this tree in our last Volume.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in pairs, very long, erect, rigid, channeled ; sheaths" very short. Crest of the

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anthers roundish, convexrepand. Cone ovate-oblongoften curved. Scales slightly tuberculate, and termi-nated by a very small,prickle. (Lamb.) Bud (Jig.2086.) fin. to If in. long,

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the sides concave,like thoseof P. Laricio, but much ... Yilarger. Leaves (see fig.

2088.) from 4 in. to 7 in. or 8 in. in

length; sheath from fin. to f in. in length.

Cones from 4 in. to 5 in. in length, and

from If in. to If in. in breadth at the VbSWroUAl ! i

widest part; ovate-oval, acuminate, hon- 1 J J

zontal in their direction, and slightly in- Y I / /

curved at the extremities, which pointdownwards. Scales as in those of P. La-ricio, but larger. (From specimens re-

ceived from Mr. Lambert, White Knights, -■-

and the Glasnevin Garden, in August, 1837.)

Varieties. We can readily conceive that P. L. Pallas/'ana, like every other va-riety of P. Laricio, is liable to sport; and, accordingly, of the trees pos-sessed by Mr. Lambert, one has the cones straight and short, and anotherlong and crooked. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, there are two

trees of P. Pallas/<z««, which were planted in the year 17.97, and are now