. 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. 974 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 1810. P. mltis. i 15. P. Mi~Tis Michx. The soii-leaved, or yellow. Pine. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 204.; N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 12n. Synonymcs. P. variabilis Pars* Fl. Amer. Sept. p. 643.; ? P. eohinSta Mill. Diet. No. 12. j New
. 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. 974 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 1810. P. mltis. i 15. P. Mi~Tis Michx. The soii-leaved, or yellow. Pine. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 204.; N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 12n. Synonymcs. P. variabilis Pars* Fl. Amer. Sept. p. 643.; ? P. eohinSta Mill. Diet. No. 12. j New York Pine, Spruce Pine, Short-leaved Pine, Yellow Pine, Amer. Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 137 ; our Jigs. 1812. from Dropraore, and 1813. from Mi. chaux, to our asual scale; andj%-5. 1809, 1810, and 1811., of the natural size. Spec. Char., S,-c. Leaves long, slender; hollowed on the upper surface. Cones small, ovate-conical. Scales with their outer surface slightly prominent, and terminating in a very .small slender mucro, pointing outwards. (^Michx.) Buds, on a young tree {fig. 1809.), ^^ in. long, and TTrin. broad ; on an old tree, larger (^fig. 1810.) ; scarcely resinous. Leaves {flg. 1811. from Michaux) from 2J in. to 4 in. long, with sheaths 1 in. long; white, lacerated, afterwards becoming dark, slightly ringed. Cone 2 in. long, and 1 in. broad in the widest part. Seeds small; with the wing, J in. long. Young shoots covered with a violet-coloured glaucous bloom, like those of P. inops, by which it is readily distinguished from the P. variabilis of Lambert. A beautiful tree, much valued in America for its timber. New Eng- land to Georgia, in most pine forests, in various parts of the United States. Height 50 ft. to 60 ft. in America, and also in Eng- land ; with a trunk of the uniform diameter of 15 or 18 inches, for nearly two thirds of its length. Introduced in 1739. Flowers in May, and its cones are ripened in November of the second year. The branches are sp
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