hroadcft diameter; very hard, flightly fhining, pale fawn colourway,
and eight
Scales difpofed fpirally, in five rows the one
ows the other,* thofe on the outfide nearelt
the bafe with their apoph\fes bent backwards, and the relt
on that fide with it gradually turning forwards as they
.)proach the apex; the fide of the apophyfis next the apex
rongly convex in them all, that toward the bafe lefs fo, and
ightly biconcave. The fcalcs on the inner fide
of the cone only flightly convex, or very nearly , \
I t ; a narrow doubl>'-curved traufverfe thin line
or keel runs acrofs the wideft part of the apohyfis,
and in its centre there is a fm:ill darkrown
flightly raifed umbo, which has a fmall
loth turned towards the Ixifc, but this is often
rubbed or brf)kon Another narrow raifed
line runs firaight down from this umbo, an<l a
lefs evident one runs upwards.
Fig, 9 reprefents a young frefli conc of
lalt year's growth from Ireland, and which i
ver>^ like that given of P. infignis by Lambert
of Ciordon's figure of P. radiata, in the "Hort, Society's
in his " Genus Pinus;" and fig. lo is a copy
Journal." Fig. ii reprefents the outfide of an individual fcale.
the same fcale. The feeds are rather fmall, dark brown,
not fpeckled, the wing comparatively long, but varv'i.
length- Fig. 13 is a copy of the figure of the feec
in<l fig, 14 is that of P. radiatn,
lunt of it in the " Hort Society's
•iïf'
f
copied fr<
Journal,
1 by Loi
1 G.irdoi
In the fynonytns
two is, that the cone (
the fize of the feeds
(liftinguifhing character,
• Gordon
the ufusl num
It the head of this defcription, we
have united the names (5f P. radiala
and P. in/ipiis, thefe, we are well
affured. being one and the fame; but
we have retained the name infignu.
in preference to that of mdiaku
although the latter had the advantage
of a flight priority in publication.
becaufe the fi)rmer was
a[)plicd to the more ufual chancier
of the fpecies. the latter to a more
developed and lefs frequent ftage of
the growth,
The fole difl'crence between the
if radiata is larger, and the fcales <
contained in it correfj)ondingly greater M
that in the wild fpccimens, although the c(
le fpirai, and ei^jht i
ive onlj five row.se
its gibb,
.rdon further
of radiata ar
leaves are fmaller. So far as the fpecimens grown in this countiy are yet able to fpeak, this difference
docs not hold true ; tf anything, It is the leaves of P. infigiiis which are fmalleft ; thofe grtiwn
3
])ro<luced
that the \
that /', /)
therefore.
I
_ _ here l>eing al)out half an inch fmaller than die dimenfions
given of thofe of P. radiata but this is a character of no
value, for il is eafy to find on every tree leaves var>-ing in
length to a greater extent than that fpecified by Mr (Gordon,
We are not aware of any plant having produced fruit of the
" latter form in Britain, although tliere have been fpecimens 'J "
)f the former, fo that we have not the means of comparing home-grown cones ; but we know
uiy limilar fpecies, P. tukradata. is exceedingly variable in the fize and form of its cones;
•nthamiana is fo alfo; and that the Mexican fpecies of this tj-pe are equally variable.. We,
lo not think that a plant which has nothing to diftinguini it but the cone being a third
larger than the type, can fairly he reganled as a (lifting fpecies,
It is to be oliferved that Ilartweg himfclf, when he difcovered it, did not fo regard it In the
Journal of his Expedition (published in the "Journal of the Horticultui-al Society," vol, viii, p, 226),
he fays, I returned to San Antonio, and croffed by the farm of I'-l Piojo, where the ridge is lefs
elevated. A fmall Pine wood, which l)ecame vifible on our defcent, extending along the beach, lookeil
like an oafis in the defeit, the dark green of the Pines forming a beautiful contmft with the parched-up
Upoi xamination, 1 found thi; wood to be; cumiiiifcd of a v
5 than thofe about Monterey, from which it alfo differs, in their
iety of Pi,
leint; proi
" in/it'"-
in lefs
fields,
with larger
aixmdance."
The figure given by Lamix:rt of the cone of P. radiata, in his " Cenus Pinus." is not larger than
the cone of'P. infiptis ufually is, and wc HIOUICI imagine, from his not fpeaking of two fpecies, that he did
not confider that there were two. He had, no doubt, the fame materials ,as I.oudon and the authors who
Moreover, in the accounts of the fpecies found by the United States' Pacific Railroad
folloi
Exploring Expe
Torrey rem.arks. '
; find no mention of /'. radiata, but /'. iu/iguis is mentioned, and of it Dr
• The eones when fully grown are about fix inches long;" in other words, cxaflly the
; of thofe of the fo-callcd /'. radiata, " They are ufually gibbous, and a little cumd ; the points
of the fcales much more developed on the .gibbous lide."« ^ ^
The relative fi2e of the cones and leaves, therefore, gives no ground for dividing the fpecies into hvo.
Dr Coulter found this tree (the variety ,-adiata) attaining the hei.ght of lOO feet when grown fingly,
and with a Itraight Hem feathered to the ground withj,ranches ; and of the- norm.,1 type i„/ii„is, Mr Gordon
fays that it grows to the hei.glit o f " fro
n 80 to 100 feet, and fnim
ground with branches
feet in diameter, fe.athercd to the
height of the tree is from .30 to 40
„,.., , „ „ . „ . „ , ' but Dr Torrey cHij fays that " the ordi
This we (liall prefently fee is eonfiderably lefs than the hci.ght the tree promifcs to attam in
• but truly we do not want any more. The beauty of this trcc lies in the lovely green rf its foi
,w,iy at a height of 80
this
I, is foniewhat wayward, however, .and mther declines to follow any prefcribed
better feen near at hand,
plan of growth, being f.imewhat irregu
a portrait of a young trcc ,at O.shorni
receiving l>y command of the Queen.
Osborne, informs us that this tree wa
(1S66) 50 feet in height, and the ftc
1849, two ye,ars after being planted,
inches; and in 1851, 6 feet 6 inches.
lar in its lhape. This is feen in one of the coloured plates, which is
;, taken from a photo.gr.aph, which we have had the gratification of
Mr ,\ndrew Toward, the resident manager of the fioyal efiate at
, pLiiitcd in April 184?, being then about 4 feet high.^
The coloured plate of th.
It i
, at 3 feet from the ground, f> feet 6 inches in circumfercnce. In
t made a growth of 3 feet 9 inches; the following year 5 feet 9
M tree is from a large photograph, one taken not far from San Francifco,
Rq.„rl ;n U. S. I'ncilic R.il'™'' F-^Pl""
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