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In order to render our obsers^ations intelligible^ as 

 well as to have an opportunity of conveying useful in- 

 formatioUj we deem it needful to give an enumeration 

 of the species which have been ascertained, or may be 

 expected, to live and thrive in om- climate. We adopt 

 the scientific arrangement and nomenclatm'e of End- 

 licher, as best suited to om' present pm-pose"^. To the 

 several gi'oups and subdivisions we shall append brief 

 remarks on theii' respective characters, or on other 

 matters connected ^ith them worthy of notice. At the 

 end of the chapter we shall offer some general observa- 

 tions on the influence of soil and climate in relation to 

 these trees, and on the pictorial arrangement of the 

 Pinetum as a whole. The reader is requested to remem- 

 ber that when no indication is given the species is known 

 to be hardy; — that h? denotes that this character is 

 doubtful — s h means sub-hardy — and that the figures at- 

 tached to the right of the specific names mark the average 

 or probable height in feet. An asterisk is prefixed to 

 a few species not yet introduced into this country. 



* It will be observed that the arrangement of Endhcher, taken 

 from his ' Synopsis Coniferarum,' and corresponding to the class 

 and alliance Gymnogens of Liadley, differs ia the order of se- 

 quence from that given from * The Vegetable Kingdom,' in our 

 Synopsis of Orders in the chapter on The Arboretum. We do 

 not profess to adjudicate on their respective scientific merits. 

 Perhaps the latter is better adapted to express the external rela- 

 tions of the Order in a general system. In a detached Piaetum 

 we should prefer Endhcher 's subdivisions. The reader may 

 adopt either as it suits his convenience. 



Much valuable and interestiag iiiformation, regarding pines 

 and the kindred genera, may be found in Messrs. Lawson and 

 Son's ' List of Plants of the Fir Tribe,' and in Messrs. Knight 

 and Perry's * Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants grown in Great 

 Britain.' 



