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in this country. There are, however, good examples to be 

 found growing at Twizell, near Belford, on the Northumberland 

 coast, where it has long been grown and appreciated for sea-side 

 planting. Other examples are to be found, as large timber trees, 

 at Hopetoun, Linlithgowshire, on the banks of the Forth; at 

 Dalmeny Park, near Cramond, quite close to the tide of the 

 Forth ; also at Donibristle, on the Fifeshire shore ; at Dysart 

 House, and at Eaith, where it luxuriates quite close by the sea 

 margin. It has been planted in some places (Stonefield) along 

 the western shores of Argyllshire, and even in the extreme 

 Hebrides, we find it thriving as a hedge or wind-fence against 

 the blasts of the Atlantic. 



Three remarkable examples of this pine, and which may almost 

 be regarded as historical trees, occur in the manse garden at 

 Moffat, in Dumfries-shire. They are better known by the name 

 of " the Pouch Tveesr They are now of very quaint picturesque 

 appearance, and are about 50 feet in height, one having a girth of 

 8 feet 6 inches at 3 feet from the ground. The history of their 

 introduction to the garden at Moffat is perhaps already too well 

 known to admit of being given here, but it may be briefly stated 

 that they were planted by the late Dr Walker, Professor of 

 Natural History in Edinburgh University, who enjoyed at the 

 same time the incumbency of the parish of Moffat. An 

 enthusiastic botanist and tree-lover, he had been presented with 

 some seedlings of the P. maritima or Pinaster, as a great novelty 

 and acquisition, and carefully placing them in the capacious 

 pockets of his overcoat, with his precious cargo so secured, he 

 performed the journey from Edinburgh to Moftat on horseback 

 to attend to his parochial ministrations. Being observed by 

 some of his criticising parishioners wdth the odd projections 

 from his coat pockets, the trees when planted in the Manse 

 Garden acquired the appellation of " the Pouch Trees " (pouch 

 being Scotch for pocket), a name by which they have ever since 

 been known, and probal:)ly will continue to be much more 

 fittingly described than by that of their legitimate cognomen, 

 Pinaster. 



At Eossie Priory, in Perthshire, the Pinus Pinaster does not 

 appear to succeed well, the only remaining specimen having 

 been cut down recently on account of its declining condition. 

 Excepting a few branches at the top, it was quite bare, and did 

 not seem to enjoy its situation. It was 30 years old, but was 

 not more than 14 feet in height, with a diameter of trunk at base 

 of only 9 inches. The soil in this instance, is variable, and the 

 subsoil in some places hard till, and in others loose sandy gravel; 

 the surface being on a slope, the soil is naturally dry. At 

 Durris, Kincardineshire, the Pinaster thrives well upon a free, 

 open, porous granite soil, with gravelly subsoil, and in a northern 



