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" that the common pine can only be used for 

 " paling fences or fuel j while the other can 

 " be applied to the most important purposes 

 " in building. 



** It is pleasing to think that our northern 

 " gentlemen are now carrying on an improve- 

 " ment which must not only benefit them- 

 " selves l^ut the country generally ; and alike 

 " pleasing to think that a proportion of those 

 " immense tracts of waste land, that every- 

 " where abound in Scotland, may soon groan 

 " under a load of pines equal to those that 

 " flourish on the Norwegian hills. 



" I remain, Sir, yours, &c. 



" J. G. 



*^ Kensington, Dec. 1831." 



The stone pine, in point of beauty, would 

 supply the loss of the old Scotch fir. Splendid 

 specimens of this most picturesque tree are 

 profusely scattered in the beautiful scenery of 

 Pains Hill, so justly celebrated in the Essays 

 on the Picturesque. 



Where trees are to be planted as a fore- 

 ground, and at the same time the view is to 

 be seen under them from the windows, such 

 trees should be selected as will bear pruning, 



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