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According to Dr Stephen Harris of Oxford University’s Department of Plant Sciences:  
According to Dr Stephen Harris of Oxford University’s Department of Plant Sciences:  


''''The received wisdom regarding the black pine is that it was planted in 1799 from seed that was collected by the Third Sherardian Professor of Botany, John Sibthorp, in Austria. We know that Sibthorp sent considerable amounts of plant material to Oxford from the eastern Mediterranean in 1786/87 and that he was in Austria in 1785. He was also in regions of Black Pine growth in 1795 but he died in 1796.''''<ref>[http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/black-pine The black pine] at [http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden Official website]</ref>
''''The received wisdom regarding the black pine is that it was planted in 1799 from seed that was collected by the Third Sherardian Professor of Botany, John Sibthorp, in Austria. We know that Sibthorp sent considerable amounts of plant material to Oxford from the eastern Mediterranean in 1786/87 and that he was in Austria in 1785. He was also in regions of Black Pine growth in 1795 but he died in 1796.''''<ref>[http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/black-pine The black pine] at [http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden Official website]</ref>


The tree suffered a collapse on the [[26 july]] [[2014]] and is to be cut down due to safety concerns
The tree suffered a collapse on the [[26 July]] [[2014]] and is to be cut down due to safety concerns
<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZ_VlXB6pQ  
<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZ_VlXB6pQ  
Collapse of the Tolkien tree] at [http://www.youtube.com/ Youtube.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/black-pine The black pine] at [http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden Official website]</ref>
Collapse of the Tolkien tree] at [http://www.youtube.com/ Youtube.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/black-pine The black pine] at [http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden Official website]</ref>

Revision as of 01:52, 31 July 2014

Pines were common evergreen trees, found throughout the lands of Middle-earth, but especially in the highlands of Dorthonion, a land which took its name from the pine trees that grew there.[1]

Names

The Sindarin name for a "pine-tree" is thôn.[2][3]

In the Etymologies, Ilkorin thōn and Noldorin thaun (pl. thuin), deriving from root THON, are said to mean "pine-tree".[4][5]

In Tolkien's very early conception of the Elvish languages (dating from ca. 1917), the Gnomish name for a "pinetree" is aigos and the Qenya name is aikasse.[6]

Tolkien's favourite tree

Tolkien next to a Black Pine in 1973

One of Tolkien's favourite trees was a certain pine tree (a Black Pine, lat. Pinus nigra) found in the Botanic Garden, Oxford. On the last known photograph of Tolkien (taken 9 August 1973), he appears standing next to the tree.[7]

According to Dr Stephen Harris of Oxford University’s Department of Plant Sciences:

'The received wisdom regarding the black pine is that it was planted in 1799 from seed that was collected by the Third Sherardian Professor of Botany, John Sibthorp, in Austria. We know that Sibthorp sent considerable amounts of plant material to Oxford from the eastern Mediterranean in 1786/87 and that he was in Austria in 1785. He was also in regions of Black Pine growth in 1795 but he died in 1796.'[8]

The tree suffered a collapse on the 26 July 2014 and is to be cut down due to safety concerns [9][10]

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