Pinus × holfordiana A. B. Jacks.

A hybrid between P. ayacahuite and P. wallichiana, described in 1933 from trees growing at Westonbirt, Glos., and named after Sir George Holford, the owner from 1892 until his death in 1926. They had been raised in 1904 from the famous specimen of P. ayacahuite var. veitchii in the arboretum, pollinated by a tree of P. wallichiana growing nearby. The shoots differ from those of P. wallichiana in usually being hairy, and the cones are broader than in that species. From P. ayacahuite it differs, at least in the type, by the apices of the cone-scales not being reflexed, but A. F. Mitchell has found that second-generation hybrids, of which many have been raised and distributed, often incline strongly to P. ayacahuite, but can usually be identified by the orange-brown bark, the greater vigour and the more open crown.

There are several specimens at Westonbirt of the original first-generation hybrids, planted in 1906, ranging from 70 to 92 ft in height and 51⁄2 to 7 ft in girth (1974). Some others, of the first or second generation, are: Wakehurst Place, Sussex, in West Wood, 79 × 7 ft (1970); Borde Hill, Sussex, pl. 1931, 62 × 91⁄4 ft (1974); R.H.S. Pinetum, Wisley, 60 × 91⁄4 ft (1969); Lythe Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, 60 × 8 ft (1969).

From the Supplement (Vol. V)

specimens: Westonbirt, Glos., two original trees in Holford Ride, both 98 × 63⁄4 ft (1983) and another in Broad Drive, 72 × 71⁄4 ft (1982); Wakehurst Place, Sussex, 92 × 73⁄4 ft (1984); Borde Hill, Sussex, pl. 1929, 75 × 101⁄4 ft (1981); Tilgate Park, Sussex, 75 × 71⁄4 ft (1982); R.H.S. Garden, Wisley, Surrey, Pinetum, 72 × 101⁄2 ft (1983); Lythe Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, 85 × 81⁄2 ft (1977).