Pinetum Poem by Christopher Tye

Pinetum

Pinus Pinaster, the Maritime Pine with it's useful resin,
Incense Cedar, Calocedrus decurrens with it's deeply furrowed bark,
Neocallitropsis Araucarioides, a rarity from New Caledonia,
Easter Pine, Pinus Rugida with it's hard resinous timber,
Taxus Baccata, the Common Yew used for the English Long Bow,
Umbrella Pine, Pinus Pinea with it's distinctive seeds,
Metasequoia Glyptostroboides, the Dawn Redwood a living fossil.

By Christopher Tye