. 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. 1827. Old cone of Pitch Pine —Pinus rigida (X K). 11:588. —The most nortliern of all American Pines and quite hardy, but not of much ornamental value. 32. claiisa, Sarg. {P. inops, var. claiisa, Engelm.). Sand Pine. Spruce Pine. Figs. 1828, 1829. Tree, to 20, occasionally to 70 ft,, with slender, spreading
. 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. 1827. Old cone of Pitch Pine —Pinus rigida (X K). 11:588. —The most nortliern of all American Pines and quite hardy, but not of much ornamental value. 32. claiisa, Sarg. {P. inops, var. claiisa, Engelm.). Sand Pine. Spruce Pine. Figs. 1828, 1829. Tree, to 20, occasionally to 70 ft,, with slender, spreading branches: branchlets red-brown: winter-buds oblong, obtuse, not or little resinous: Ivs. slender and flexible, acute, dark green, 2-3 in. long: cones short-stallced, often oblique at the base, conic-ovate, dark reddish brown, 2-33^ in. long, remaining closed for 3 or 4 years after ripening and often becoming enveloped by the growing wood of the stem; apophysis depressed pyra- midal, conspicuously keeled; umbo with a short, stout spine. Pla. and Ala. near the coast. 11:582. 5:161. —Little known in cultivation and not hardy north. 33. cont6rta, Dougl. (P. Boldnderi, Pari.). Scrub Pine. Tree, to 20, occasionally to 30 ft., with rather stout branches forming a round-topped compact or open head, or a tree, to 80 and occasionally 150 ft., with a narrow pyramidal head: branchlets light orange or orange-brown: buds orate, dark chestnut-brown, resi- nous: Ivs. stiff, twisted, aeutish, dark green, 1-3K in. long: cones ovate or conic-ovate, oblique at the base, 1-2 in. long, light yellowish brown and lustrous, scales of the upper side with elevated, pyramidal apex, the dark umbo ending in a slender incurved spine. Alaska to Calif., west to Mont, and Colo.—Var. Boldnderi, Koehne, the typical form, is a low tree, with shorter, 1-2-in. long Ivs. and with very oblique cones, often re- maining closed for several years after maturity. 11:567. II. 19:45. Var. Murrayi
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