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appearance : the cones are long, slender, and 

 vcrv loose, opening with the first warmth of the 

 spring; so that if the seeds are not gathered in 

 winter, the scales open and let them out : the 

 wood is esteemed for masts of ships. It is often 

 called the White and New England Pine, and is 

 highly ornamental. 



The twelfth species is a noble tree, which has 

 a general striking character of growth so pecu- 

 liar to itself that no other tree can possibly be 

 mistaken for it. Tt is placed with the Larch, in 

 the germs with Firs and Pines, as agreeing with 

 the former in its foliation, with the latter in be- 

 ing evergreen. Its arms grow in time so weighty 

 as often to bend the very stem and main shah : 

 the leaves much resemble those of the Larch, 

 but are somewhat longer and closer set, erect, 

 and perpetually green, which in that are not ; 

 but hanging down, dropping oft', and deserting 

 the tree id winter : the cones are tacked and 

 ranged between the branch-leaves, in such order 

 as nothing appears more curious and artificial, 

 and at a little distance exceedingly beautiful : 

 they have the bases rounder, shorter, or rather 

 thicker, and with blunter points; the whole cir- 

 cumzoned, as it were, with pretty broad thick 

 scales, which adhere together in exact series to 

 the very summit, where they are somewhat 

 smaller, but the entire lorication smoother 

 couched than those of the Firs ; within these 

 repositories, under the scales, nestle the small 

 nutting seeds, of a pear-shape: the cones grow 

 upon the upper part of the branches, and stand 

 erect, having a strong, woody, central style, 

 by which they arc firmly attached to the branch, 

 so as with difficulty to be taken off; and which 

 remains upon the branch after the cone is fallen 

 lo pieces, which never drops off whole, as in 

 the Pine sort. It is a native of Mount Leba- 

 non, &c.j and is very lasting, being indestruc- 

 tible by insects. 



The Cedar is now so far naturalized to our 

 country as to produce ripe seeds; we may there- 

 fore have supplies without depending on the 

 cones from the Levant: but it is found that 

 they are more apt to produce and ripen their 

 cones in hard winters than in mild ones ; 

 which is a plain indication that they will suc- 

 ceed even in the coldest seasons of the north- 

 ern pans of the Island, where, as well as in 

 the other parts, they might be propagated lo 

 great advantage. 



The thirteenth sort is not much cultivated ; 

 but a particular sort of it has been brought 

 from North America, which differs from the 

 European sort in having darker shoots, but 

 which has not long been known ill Europe, 

 though it grow- plentifully in some of the north- 



ern parts of America. As it does not promise to 

 make so large trees as the European sort, it 

 should be planted with those of lower growth, 

 to make a variety. It endures the severest cold 

 of this climate. 



The fourteenth is of quick growth, rising to 

 the height of fifty feet: the branches ars slender, 

 and their ends generally hang down : the leaves 

 are long and narrow, in clusters from one point, 

 spreading open above like the hairs of a painter's 

 brush, of a light green, and falling off in au- 

 tumn ; in which circumstance this and the pre- 

 ceding differ from all the other species. In the 

 month of April the male flowers appear, dis- 

 posed in form of small cones : the female 

 flowers are collected into egg-shaped obtuse 

 cones, which in some have bright purple tops, 

 but in others they are while ; this difference is 

 accidental, for seeds taken from either will pro- 

 duce plants of both sorts : the cones are about 

 an inch long, and the scales are smooth ; under 

 each scale two winged seeds are generally lodg- 

 ed. It is a native of the South of Europe, and 

 highly useful for planting in bleak situations, 

 for the purpose of timber, £cc. 



There are different varieties : — the American, 

 the Siberian, and the Chinese, require a colder 

 climate than England, for the trees are apt to 

 die in summer here, especially if they are planted 

 on a dry soil ; the cones of these which have been 

 brought to England seem to be in general 

 larger than those of the common sort ; but 

 there is so little difference between the trees in 

 their characteristic notes, that they cannot be 

 distinguished as different species, though in tlv: 

 growth of the trees there is a remarkable dif- 

 ference. 



In the last, the cones are much larger than 

 those of the common sort, and end in acute 

 points : the scales prominent like those of the 

 first species, and have little resemblance to those 

 of the Larch. They are of a shrubby, spread- 

 ing, but so hardy, as to thrive m the open air 

 without any protection. 



In the first, of which the branches are more 

 slender, with a bark more inclining to yellow, and 

 the sears more slender and clustered, the leaves 

 arc more tender, narrow, more glaucous, and 

 the outer ones in each bundle shorter : cones 

 only one-third of the size, blunt, with scales 

 scarcely exceeding twelve in number, thinner, 

 more shining, retuse-cmarginale ; the wings of 

 the seeds are straight, more oblong, narrower, 

 and, together with the seed itself, of a more dilu- 

 ted gray colour. 



In the second, the bark of the branches is of 

 an ash-coloured gray : the leaves a lit tie wider, 

 bright green, all nearly equal, commonly more 



