2 PINUS PORPHYROCARPA
Descyiption.—The trees are said to be readily distinguishable from P. tnonticola by their darker and
more glaucous foliage; and the crowded rows of stomata m the leaf enable any one to distinguish the
young plant without difficulty.
Gtvgrap/ikal Distri/mtmi.—Wknow nothing of this further than that the plant has c
le tlistricts as the tme P. monticola.
e from the
History.—OMX attention was first directed to this spccies by Mr Thomas Patton of Glenalmond,
who informed us that he had two kinds of P. monticola, one producing white cones, and the other purple
cones. We then remembered that Loudon said something about red cones; and on refen ing to his work,
we found that in describing P. monticola he mentioned that " among Douglas' specimens there is a variety
with red cones from which no plants have yet been raised." This is doubtless the purple-coned species
which we now describe. Mr Patton has been kind enough to send us specimens of the different parts of
the tree, from which the foregoing figures have been taken.
Properties and Uses.—Y^x to be discovered. No doubt the s
Culture.—Not different from that of/", monticola.
s those of the true P. monticola.
'"IIICommercial
Statistics.—Not yet in the trade; but as—if our view is correct—the species can be easily
recognised, even in the young state, by subjecting the leaves to examination with a lens, the reader has it
in his power to supply himself by sasiting the nurserj- grounds and scrutinising the plants for himself If
we are right, he can supply himself with plants at the price of P. vwnticola. If we are wrong, he is no
loser, for he then only gets what he pays fon