. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. The cones are of an ovate cylindrical shape, erect whenyoung, but as they reach maturity become pendulous;they are from four to six inches long, slightly curved, andcomposed of smooth scales rounded at the base, with theapex thickened and partly covered with white resin. Theseeds ripen and are shed from the cones in the Octoberof the second year. There is another species belonging to the five-leavedsection, to which it is desirable to direct the attention ofplanters, particularly of those who possess extensive tracts ofland of a h
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. The cones are of an ovate cylindrical shape, erect whenyoung, but as they reach maturity become pendulous;they are from four to six inches long, slightly curved, andcomposed of smooth scales rounded at the base, with theapex thickened and partly covered with white resin. Theseeds ripen and are shed from the cones in the Octoberof the second year. There is another species belonging to the five-leavedsection, to which it is desirable to direct the attention ofplanters, particularly of those who possess extensive tracts ofland of a hilly or mountainous description, this is the Pinuscembra, Linn., Cembran Pine, a tree of the hardiest con-stitution, naturally growing in the Alpine regions of many 2 G 450 CONIFERS. parts of Europe, as well as those of Tartary and Siberia,at a high elevation, and occupying a zone even above thatof the Pirns syhestris. It is, therefore, a tree, as remarks in his Manual, well adapted to clothethe tops of many hitherto almost barren mountains in Scot-. land, not only with fresh and luxuriant vegetation, but withvaluable timber. In the latter respect, it is said to yieldto none of the genus, its wood being not only remarkablefor its durability in all situations, but for its agreeableperfume, fineness of grain, and the ease with which it isworked. In Switzerland, it is in great repute with the WEYMOUTH PINE. 451 turners, and is also much used for the wainscoting of apart-ments, both on account of its agreeable colour and of thesweet odour which it always retains. From the ease withwhich it is cut and moulded into form, it is, also, the mate-rial from which the various figures of men, women, animals,&c, are carved by the shepherds of the Swiss and TyrolAlps during their hours of leisure. Hitherto its cultivationin Britain has been very limited, and mostly confined to afew places in England, and in situations, we believe, notcongenial to its nature, and where it is not like
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