. 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. LXXVU. CONI'FER^ : PI^NUS. 933. article before quoted, as a remarkable va- riety, quite distinct both from P. s. vulgaris and P. s. horizontalis. It will be observed that this hooked cone is quite different, both in its general form, and the form of its scales, from the cone of P. (s.) p
. 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. LXXVU. CONI'FER^ : PI^NUS. 933. article before quoted, as a remarkable va- riety, quite distinct both from P. s. vulgaris and P. s. horizontalis. It will be observed that this hooked cone is quite different, both in its general form, and the form of its scales, from the cone of P. (s.) p. Miighm, vphich is also often called P. uncinata. f P. s. 4 hagiienensis. Pin de Haguenau, Fr.; Rothentanne of Schottel, seedsman, Eas- tadt.—This variety was introduced from the Forests of Haguenau (whence its name) and Rastadt, on both sides of the Rhine. It is thus described in Lawson's Manual: — " The old trees are remarkably tall, straight, free from branches, except near the summit, with remarkably smooth reddish-coloured bark. The leaves of the young plants are longer than those of any of the preceding varieties ; they are much waved or twisted, of a light green slightly glaucous colour, and 1752. j>. s. imciniia. minutely serrulated ; the young terminal buds are of a peculiar reddish colour, and generally more or less covered with whitish resin. The young plants are, besides their difference in shade of colour, readily distinguished by their stronger and more rapid ; (Jgricuk. Manual, p. 230.) 1 P. s. 5 rigensis. Pin de Riga, I)esf. Hist. t. ii. p. 61.; Pin de Russie, Pin de Mature, Fr. — This variety is said to constitute the forests of Lithuania and Livonia. Other Timber Tree Varieties. The names of several might be given from books ; but, as we could neither accompany them with descriptions nor synonymes, nor refer to any place where living plants may be seen, we consider that it would be of very little use. P. s. altissima, in the Hor- tic
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