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mouth pine may liave its beauty : its formality may be concealed. A few of 

 its branches, hanging from a mass of heavier foliage, may appear light and 

 feathery, while its spiry head may often form an agreeable apex to a clump." 

 {For. Scen.,u p. 87.) 



Snif, Situation, <$■€. We have already observed that the soil and situation 

 for this tree ought to be better than for most other species of pines. Seeds 

 are procured in abundance ; and the plants, when sown in spring, come up 

 the first year, and may be treated like those of the Scotch pine. 



statistics. In the Environs of London. At Whitton Place, there are many trees, the tallest of 

 which is 81 ft. 6 in. high, and the diameterof the trunk 4 ft. 5 at York House, Twickenham, it is 48 ft. 

 hiph, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 18 ft. ; at Chiswick Villa, there are various 

 trees, from ,50ft. to 60 ft. high ; at Abercorn Priory, near Stanmore, it is 53 ft. high, diameter of the 



trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 30 ft South of London. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 40 years 



old, it is 3fi ft. high ; at Compton House, 60 years old, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft. in diameter. 

 In Hampshire, at Alresford, 41 years planted, it is 53 ft. high ; at Strath fieldsaye, it is 93 ft. high, with 

 a trunk 4 ft. 6in. in diameter. In Somersetshire, at Kingston, it is 95ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft. in 

 diameter. In Surrey, at Claremont, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 

 36 ft. ; at Deepdene, 10 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, .50 years 

 planted, it is 60 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., and of the head 57 ft. — North of Lon. 

 don. In Bedfordshire, at Southhill, it is 45 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In diameter. In Berkshire, 

 at Bear Wood, 14 years planted, it is 30 It. high. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years 

 planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Durham, at Southend, 40 years planted, it is 60 ft high ; at Stanwick 

 Park is one with a trunk 2ft. in diameter. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 33 years planted. 

 It is 42 ft. high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 2 ft, 6 in., and of the head 41ft.; at Wakefield Lodge, 12 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In Shropshire, at 

 Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is 2« ft. high. In Staflbrdshire, at Trentham, it is 50ft. high. In 

 Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6 in., 

 andof the head50ft. In Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, 60 years planted, itis 60 ft. high ; the dia- 

 meter of the trunk Sft., and o( the head S3 ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 12 years planted, it U 

 32ft. high. 



Vlnvs Vttrbbus in Scotland. In the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, It Is .TO ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 10 in., and of the head 40fL — South of Edinburgh. In Ayr- 

 shire, at Dalquharran, 55 years planted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the tnuik 2 ft. In Berwick- 

 shire, at the Hir.sel, 20 year's planted, it is 20ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is .55 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 2ft, 4 in. in diameter. — North of Edinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 

 13 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 4S ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 It, 6 in,, and of the head 36 ft, In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institu- 

 tion, 12 years planted, it is 20 ft, high. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 45 years planted, it is 45 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk I ft, 6 in. ; at Courfachy Castle, 14 years planted, it is 15ft. high. 

 In Inverness.shire, at Cowan,30 years planted, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of 

 the head 25 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 73 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 42 ft. ; at Brucefietd, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Callendar Park, 39 years planted, it is 45ft. high. 



PireK.v Strhhits in Ireland. In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, it is 46 ft. high. In Fer. 

 managh, at Florence Court, SO years planted, it is 55 ft. high. In Galway, at Coole, it is 40 ft high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 



Vinus Strdbus in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Beauvais, SO years planted, it 

 is 80 ft high, the diameter of the trunk Sft, and of the head ,30 ft; at Colombey, near Metz, 

 70 vears planted, it is 60ft. hij^h, the diameter of the trunk 2ft.; at M. Angot's, 29 years 

 planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Park at Clervaux, 32 years planted, it is 71 ft. high. In Hanover, 

 at Harbcke, 10 years planted, it is 16 ft. high ; at Schwiibber, 80 years planted, it is KO ft high, the 

 diameter of the trunk Sft. In Saxony, at Wiirlitz, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it has a trunk 

 4 ft in diameter. In B,avaria, in the Botanic Garden at Munich, 18 years planted, it is 20 ft high j 

 in the English Garden, 25 years planted, it is.SOfthigh. In Austria, at Vienna, at Luxemburg, 30 years 

 planted, it is 25 ft high ; in llosenthat's Nursery, 60 years planted, it is 40 ft high ; at Hadersdorf, 

 SO years planted, it is 40 ft high ; at Kriick on the Leytha, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft high. In 

 Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 years planted, it is 40 ft high; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years 

 planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Italy, at Desio, near Monz^, It Is 70 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 

 Sft 6 in., and of the head 30 ft 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, per thousand, 

 1 year's seedlings, 8,?.; 2 years' seedlings, 12s.; 1 year's transplanted, 20^.; and 

 transplanted plants from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 505. At Bollwyller, plants are 

 from 1 franc to 2 francs each ; or, per hundred, 4 years old and transplanted, 

 30*. At New York, plants are from 50 cents to 75 cents, and as high as 

 1 dollar each, according to their size. 



1 40. P. (S.) exce'lsa Wallich. The lofty, or Bhoian, Pine. 



Identification. W.nll. PI. .^s. Rar., t. 201, ; Lamb, Pin,, 1, t, S3, ; Royle lUust,; Lawsnn's Manual, p, 363. 

 Sijnmit/mes P. Dicks6n« Hort, ; Chilla, or C\\y\\?i, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone and Gurhwal ; Lem- 



shin'g, BIwtea ; Raesula, or King of the Firs, Hindnstnn. 

 Engravings. Wall, PI. As. Rar., t. 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. ; our Jfu-. 2199,, to our usual scale ; 



and figs. 2197, and 219S , of the natural size, from Wallich, Lambert, and from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in fives, very long, and slender, loose. Crest of the 

 anthers roundish, truncate ; simple, lacerated. Cones cylindrical, smooth, 

 pendulou.s, longer than the leaves. {Wall.) Buds, on the tree in the Hor- 



