. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . butliieberstein some years laterrecognised it as a distinctspecies under Tournefortsname of rinus was descril^ed l)y Loudonin the Arboretum et Fruti-cetum Ihitannicum as anuuintroduced species at thedate of puldication of thatwork (1838), but it issupposed to have l)een in-troduced into (rreat Britaintwo or three years after-wards. Subsequent explora-tions of the Cau


. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . butliieberstein some years laterrecognised it as a distinctspecies under Tournefortsname of rinus was descril^ed l)y Loudonin the Arboretum et Fruti-cetum Ihitannicum as anuuintroduced species at thedate of puldication of thatwork (1838), but it issupposed to have l)een in-troduced into (rreat Britaintwo or three years after-wards. Subsequent explora-tions of the Caucasian regionshow that the geograi)liicaIrange of Picca orientalis isalmost conterminous withthat of Ahirs Nordmaimianawith which it is in manyplaces associated, hut it ascends to a liighcr altitude. Its western limitis on the mountains south-east of Trelnzoud whence it spreads overthe whole mountainous region boundeil on tlie udilh by the highchain of (aucasus proper, as far east as TitHs, its further spread iuthat direction l)eing prevented l»y the ariil climate of the steppesof eastern Ceorgia. On all the mountains it has a vertical rangevarying from 2,000 to G,000 feet above sea-level, always ascending to. Kig. 100. Ilcpfi nricnttli^. lininclilft with•staiiiiiiate (lowers. (From the CnriJniers Clin mi dr.)


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