. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 1825. Pinus rigida, with young cones (X 3^). 2-5 in. long: cones almost sessile, often in clusters,ovate, light brown, 2-4 in. long; apophysis little ele-vated; umbo triangular, ending in a slender, recurvedprickle: seed dark brown, 34 in. long. New Brunswickto Ga., west to Ontario
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 1825. Pinus rigida, with young cones (X 3^). 2-5 in. long: cones almost sessile, often in clusters,ovate, light brown, 2-4 in. long; apophysis little ele-vated; umbo triangular, ending in a slender, recurvedprickle: seed dark brown, 34 in. long. New Brunswickto Ga., west to Ontario and Ky. 11:579. :402; 10:195. Gn. 31, p. 128, 132. 1896 1354 PINUS PINUS Hardy Pine of rapid growth when young and easilyraised from seed; grows on dry and sterile soil. As anornamental plant it may be used on dry and rockyslopes, where it becomes often very picturesque when. 1826. Pinus rigida, recent cone (X K). older. It sprouts readily from stumps if cut down ordestroyed by fire. 8. echin^ta, Mill. (P. , Michx.). Spruce Pine. Tree, to 100 or 120 ft., with slender oftenpendulous branches in regular whorls: winter-buds ob-long-ovate, brown: Ivs. slender, acute, dark bluishgreen, sometimes in .3s, 3-5 in. long : cones short-stalked or almost sessile, conic-oblong, dull brown, 1}4-2 in. long; apophysis flattened ; umbo little elevated,with short straight or curved prickle: seeds one-fifthto K in. long. N. Y. to Pla., west to 111. and Tex. :.587. —Handsome tree, with broad, oval head, hardyas far north as Mass. .SO. Virginielna, Mill. (P. inops, Aii.). Scrub Pine. Tree, to 40, or sometimes to 100 ft., withslender horizontal or pendulous branches in remote andirregular whorls, forming a broad, open pyramid orsometimes flat-topped: winter-buds oblong, dark brown:Ivs. stiff, twisted, spreading, acutish, 13^
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