1 4 t ORNAMENTAL PLANTING 



Pinus bnlsamea of Nova Scotia ; and it may be expected that the trees of 



-tern America will do better with us than the trees of corre- 



!, Mit latitudes in the United States, where the extremes of summer 



and \\inter temperature are more violent than in the countries bordering 



on the Northern Pacific Ocean. 



In treating 1 of garden trees, we have omitted to mention Pinus cembra. 

 I native climate and soil, among the mountains of Switzerland, 

 markable for the slowness of its growth, and in England the Swiss 

 \ariety preserves the same character; but it is also indigenous to Siberia; 

 and we have observed that the Siberian variety, which is not uncommon in 

 our nurseries makes less rapid progress than its Swiss congener. Pinus 

 cembra, when it has attained to considerable size, is one of the most orna- 

 mental trees of the whole tribe, and should find a place upon every 



lavrn. 



It would be superfluous here to discourse upon trees so well known 

 ns the larch, \\hose wood almost rivals the oak in durability, and whose 

 bark is about half the value of the bark of that tree; of the Weyrnouth 

 pine, whose stem furnishes masts ; of the Stone Pine, whose vast canopy, 

 supported upon a naked column of great height, forms one of the chief 

 and peculiar beauties in Italian scenery, and in the living landscapes of 

 Claude; of the pinaster, whose clustering cones and fine foliage entitle it. 

 to rank high among the most picturesque of its congeners; of the Mugho 

 pine, and Pinus pumilio, whose lo\v dwarfish growth are of great value in 

 the picturesque arrangement of a Pinetum. There are several other species, 

 which, though neither of size nor of beauty to entitle them, in this brief sketch, 

 to a distinct notice, should be included in the range of a well-ordered 

 collection. We shall, however, pause a moment to advert to Pinus excelsa 

 and Pinus Cierurdiana, both lately introduced from the regions of the Hima- 

 The former is a tree of large size, growing from 90 to 120 feet high ; 

 the latter a fine tree, said to resemble the Stone Pine, and known to the natives 

 by the name of the Neoza pine, produces an abundance of edible seeds. Se- 

 ther species exist upon the Cordillera of the Andes, stretching from 

 the northern side of the equator, through Mexico to New Albion, and at 

 ila rising into the region of eternal snow j some perhaps upon the 

 mountain chains of Caucasus and of Central Asia. A few coniferous trees 

 of other genera remained to be mentioned. A noble tree of most exotic 

 nice (Auraucaria imbricata) graces the more southerly plains of 

 South America, and with slight protection endures the climate of the south 

 1. Another species of too tender constitution (Auraucaria 

 Brasiliensis) is supplied by Brazil ; others exist upon the shores of Aus- 

 . the noblest of all, and the fairest (Auraucaria excelsa), whose 

 . :ind statclincss are faintly represented by a few specimens con- 

 fined \\ithin the narrow limits of our conservatories, is found, exclu- 

 ue believe, in Norfolk Island, one of the loveliest spots in the 

 in hemisphere, (the penal station of the penal colony of New 

 South \\here it rises to the magnificent height of more than 



rf, and '<> bulk correspondent with so \ast a height, 



arly allied to Auraucaria, Cunninghamia lanceolata, 

 leral in collections. It is a native of China, and 

 soils. Being always in this country propagated from 

 cnttm .. tiient to make it throw up a vigorous 



(DM the habit of a tree. If, however, it be planted out in 

 a sheltfH <1 Munition, and in -ond soil, and if then, when it shall have made 



of roof -IM! is well established, its shoots be depressed 

 into a horizontal position, and so confined with pegs, it will ultimately 



