. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1787. P. Knca. respect to elevation, though it will endure the sea breeze, it will not thrive, in England, much above the level of the sea. i 8. P. Pi'nea L. The Stone Pine. Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1419.; Ait. Hort. Kew^ ed 1., 3. p. 3G8. Synonymes, P. saUva Bauh, Pin. p. 491.; P.
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1787. P. Knca. respect to elevation, though it will endure the sea breeze, it will not thrive, in England, much above the level of the sea. i 8. P. Pi'nea L. The Stone Pine. Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1419.; Ait. Hort. Kew^ ed 1., 3. p. 3G8. Synonymes, P. saUva Bauh, Pin. p. 491.; P. domestica Mattk. Camm. 87.; Pin Pignon, Pin bon. Pin cultive, Pin Pinier, Fr.; Geneissbere Fichte, Ger.; Pino da Pinocchi, Ital. Engravings. Biacltw., t. 189.; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 27. \ Tabern. Ic, 936.; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 10, 11.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 72. f. 3.; Poit. et Turp., t. 125.; Michx. N. Amer. Syi., 3. t. 13.'i.; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii.; our Jig, 1788., to our usual scale ; figs. 1787. to 1789., of the natural size, from Dropmore and White Knights. Spec. Char., S[c. Leaves in pairs. Cones ovate, obtuse, nearly as long as the leaves, their scales with recurved deciduous points. Seed bony, with very short wings. Crest of the anthers jagged. (Smith.) The buds (see fig. 1787.) resemble those of Pinaster, but are smaller in all their dimensions, much less pointed, more woolly, and wholly without resin. The surround- ing buds are nearly as large as the central one. The leaves are from 5 in. to 7 in., and sometimes 8 in., long, serrated ; sheaths, at first, J in. long, afterwards becoming lacerated, shortened to half their length, and ringed with four or five rings. Cone from 5 in. to 6 in. in length; and from 3iin. to iin. in breadth ; scales large and woody, from 2 in. to 2iin. in length, and from 1 in. to I Jin. in breadth, with the thickened part pyramidal, rhomboidal, and some- times hexagonal in the plan, resembling those of P. Pinaster,
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