break before sowing, thoiigb at the risk y ,n?er of
which come up should be transplanted into small pots, aftei ,
T e sLeTear, or, at all events, iiot later than the f o l l o w i n g spring ; a n d to.
two or three years, they should be kept during ™ ‘®'; " » /X r i e ^ 1 to the dass. The plants are very tender for the first two oi_ tliree y®‘ > ,
in the fourth and fifth years they will endure the open air, m the c , <
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L X X V I I . C O N l 'F I i llA E : p i ' n u s . 9 6 7
London and Pans, without any protection. The leaves of this species -is
well as of several others, have quite a different appearance for the fost [?o
yearsYroni what they have ever afterwards; the} are very g to coL c i-?d
on their margins very short, and very sharp-pointed. D u S ffiis nerfod
they are single and without sheaths ; but aftelriards they comriou in' p™rs
foree pairs being what are con.sidered by botanists as abortiv!
shoo s The nursery treatment of the stone pine is the same as that r?om
mended for the pinaster, with which the tree' is frequently c o te te le d r i f e
pec.es hiiving also very long taproots, which render it necessar! to be ex
reinely careful m taking them np for removal: indeed, they shorifd ! e n ? X '
be giown in pots ; and, when they are turned out of the pots to be planted
where they are finally to remain, the greatest care should be taken to t ?
out the roots, and to spread them carefully in every dilection.
i 9. P. h a i.epe'nsis Ail. The Aleppo Pine
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 3G7 • Lam Pin ert <> i f -r vr r» t t
Synonymes. P . hierosolymUfina Du Ila r i .4 ? ? 2 n'l2 fi ’ • P tai ri’- 5. p. 238.
Jerusaleme, i ’r . ; Pino d’Aleppo Ital ' ' ^ P^inia ,• Pin de
1790. ,0 , 799. ; all frota spcdtacns'frora a ' t i o l t Z A «
solitary or in pairs, stalked. {Lois.
and obs.) Buds ( s e e /g . 1790.) from
I- m. to i in. long, and from y^in. to
^jii. broad ; imbricated, roundish’ somewhat
pointed, wholly without resin ;
and altogether like those of a pinaster
p . halepénsis.
in miniature. Cones {fig. 1792.) from
in. to .3 m. in length ; and from in.
to in. in breadth ; invariably turned
downwards, so as to form an acute angle
With the stem. Footstalks ofthe cones
117{9911 . f«r f) fl’-r om IJin. to Uin. long, (a7n%d-
4in. hr/icivl -_-.7 . .t
1792. P . halepénsis.
K I ’‘w ill, iuiig, a n a
rih'i ft h t te®''- " t e Z * ‘r i 'frfos («). from Jin. to f in . in length, and
iVtan's t o u t t t e ' 1 ' t e ’ riin- i" length. Cotvsandv
wa, l| te®' ' Europe, Syria, and Barbary, in dry
r t h t e h i i t a t f l t e ® ' ' ' 2 0 ft. to 30 ft. In tro d n td in I6 8 3 . It flowers!
and the c o Z t ° ‘"e end of May or the beginning of June,
Vmi t' npened in the autumn of the second year.
* r * " “ ' T , ®“ »ll® ‘’ ‘ f rn n I " t h e s p e c i e s , b u t i t is
r e a i c e l y w o r t h k e e p i n g d i s t i n c t . H o r t i c u l t u r a l S o c i e t y ’s G a r d e n
3 q 4