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ARBORETUM AND FRUTJCETUM.

TAUT III

are male plants.

These and theplants of Mr.

Douglas havebeen carefullycompared withEuropean onesfound growingon the ./unipe-rus Oxycedrus,some from thesouth ofFrance(in Languedoc,gathered by M.

Bory de SaintVincent), andothers from Mt.

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.”(flbo£.

FI. Bor. Amer.,i. p. 278.) Pl-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. Sabiniona and P. Coulter?, 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, 21s. each.

B. Cones having the Scales hooked.

§ vii. Sabinikax.

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

t 20. P. SiBiN/.-i .v.i Douglas. Sabine’s, or the great prickly-corwd, Pine.

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

Spec. Char.y 4-e. Leaves in threes, very long. Cones ovate, echinate, very large.Scales long, awl-shaped, incurved, and spiny at the apex. ( Lamb. Pin.) Buds,