. 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. Gardening. 1829. Cone of Pinus clausa. Natural size. 38. Thunbergi, Pari. (P. Massonichia, Sieb. & Zucc, not Lamb.). .Japanese Black Pine. Tree, to 100 ft. or occasionallj' 120 ft., with spreading, often somewhat pendulous branches, forming a broad, pyramidal head: branchlets orange - yellow, the winter buds oblong, g
. 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. Gardening. 1829. Cone of Pinus clausa. Natural size. 38. Thunbergi, Pari. (P. Massonichia, Sieb. & Zucc, not Lamb.). .Japanese Black Pine. Tree, to 100 ft. or occasionallj' 120 ft., with spreading, often somewhat pendulous branches, forming a broad, pyramidal head: branchlets orange - yellow, the winter buds oblong, grayish or silvery white : Ivs. stiff, sharply pointed, bright green, 3-4>2 in. long: cones short-stalked, conic- ovate, grayish brown, 2-3 in. long; apophysis flattened, with small, depressed umbo, obtuse or with a minute prickle: seed grayish brown, K in. long. Japan. :345. 2:113. —Handsome tree and hardy north. 1830. Austrian Pine—Pinus Laricio, var. Austriaca {X %). if seen from above, show alternate yellow and green rings, hence the name Oculiis-draconis (dragon-eye). Var. variegita has the Ivs. partly yellow or occasionally wholly yellowish white. There are also similar forms in P. densiflora. which may be distinguished by the brown color of the winter buds. 9. Sijlvestres. 39. Pinea, Linn. Stone Pine. Tree, to 80 ft., with long, horizontally spreading branches forming in older trees abroad, flat-topped head: branchlets pale brown: buds with revolute scales, oblong-ovate, not resinous: Ivs. rigid, acute, bright green, 5-8in. long: cones broadly ovate, chestnut-brown, 4-5K in. long ; apophysis de- pressed-pyramidal, radiately ridged; umbo flat, obtuse: seed reddish-brown, % in. long, edible. S. Eu. II 20:45; III. 4:604, 605. Gn. 27, p. 245-247; 50, p. Tree of picturesque habit, with a trunk usually desti- tute of branches for a considerable height and with a wide-spreading parasol-like head. Not hardy north; in*.wanner regions often cultivat
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