. 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. 956 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. that, when the cones are absent, they might be supposed to be identical. It is remarked in the Nouveau Du Haviel, that all the pub- lished figures of this variety are bad, with the exception of the one given in that work, from which ours is copied
. 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. 956 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. that, when the cones are absent, they might be supposed to be identical. It is remarked in the Nouveau Du Haviel, that all the pub- lished figures of this variety are bad, with the exception of the one given in that work, from which ours is copied. On comparing,/?^*. 1764. and 1767., it will be found that the cones of P. (s.) p. Mu- ghus, independently of the peculiar pro- tuberant appearance of the scales, are larger than those of P. (s.) pumilio. This and other differences in the cones are quite sufficient, in a technical point of view, to constitute P. (s.) p. Mughus and P. (s.) pumilio distinct species ; but, notwithstanding this, they bear such obvious marks of belonging to P. sylvestris, in their foliage, habit, and locality, that we cannot for a moment hesi- tate about their connexion with that species. • t P. (s.) p. 5 M. tidna. The Knee Pine of the Styrian Alps.—Never grows above .3 ft. high. (Antoine's Coniferen, p. 13.; and Gard. Mag., 1841, p. 29.) A plant has been in the Trinity College Botanic Garden, Dublin, since 1817; and, in 20 years, it has not attained a greater height than an ordinary-sized man's knee. Other Vaiieties. P. (s.) pumilio and P. (s.) p. Mughus vary so much according to the locaUties in which they are found, that, if it were desirable to increase the number of subvarieties, there might be a dwarf, a tall, and a medium form given to each. In the Horticultural Society's Garden, there is a handsome, erect-growing, small tree of P. (s.) p. Miighus, under the name of P. uncinata, and also a dwarf plant, under the same name ; both producing hooked 1767. p. (s.) Mitehue. 1 3. P. Lar
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