turlcT-quil! M \ I ' )wn from the 



t< |> uf the treet, aiid lay on the ^oiind for 

 . kct. I was struck with hur; ., aiul 

 aaked the General if they were of any par* 

 t: il.ir kiiul. He m\4 hut, the 



wiiucr ! j'oic, tiic u^ ^t (>i til .u)w Aiid 

 kiclci had occadoiietl the top ti> Ircak off; 

 aiul, iliirin^ the MiinnuT, i! ' ' row n to 

 ftlSLX :iin.i/inr Km) Mh : which was the catMe 

 of (iicir siflMur beauty \ tor he hail not 

 •eeii an instance of nny ol the lops of theac 

 tmm h ' ^ been cut ofrt>efore, 

 only a few years since their hr^t introduc- 

 tion Am It wxs an accident that 

 had caused their extraordinary beautiful 

 ap T' was in f i : 

 and it is very common for their trees to 

 look like cut gKuss, from notne sort of mois- 

 lure settling on them, and freezing at the 

 c in- icli wub the case at that 

 tiutc. 



The l.oinhardy p ^ r, an imp c^ 



gnnv;v unconunonly c|uick, and loolu ^wiy 

 piciiy, c ^ y ill lowuaai .iic>. i ic 



