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while it is known that thousands of the 

 common pine have arrived at maturity, 

 and thousands have died, which at no period 

 of their a^e were better than those which 

 are every day felled for the most ordinary 

 purposes ? How can soil or situation be 

 given as a reason, while it is known that 

 the common pine is scattered over all Scot- 

 land, in as good soils and situations as those 

 in which the superior sort grows, and yet 

 are found, when cut up, to be but of infe- 

 rior quality ? 



" This superior variety abounds in the 

 highland districts of Abernethy, in Strath- 

 spey, and in the north of Scotland ; and the 

 first individuals who collected the seeds, 

 and raised plants of this sort, were Messrs. 

 Alexander and John Grigor, nurserymen 

 at Elgin and Forres, at whose nurseries 

 plants of these pines are always to be found, 

 and for w^hose exertions the Highland So- 

 ciety of Scotland awarded their premium. 

 These gentlemen, in the short period of two 

 years (the time they require before being 

 fit for transplanting), raised and sold no 

 less a quantity than two millions of the real 

 Highland pine, and thus put into the pos- 



