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nor need we ever expect to see it become so 

 great an acquisition to the nation, 



As an ornamental plant, it ought to be ad- 

 mitted in all extensive designs. 



Of its mighty stature ; of the durability of 

 its timber; of its property, in resisting worms ; 

 of its retaining the same smell for ages; of its 

 admitting a high polish ; of the peculiarity of 

 its oil, in preserving paper and cloth from 

 corruption ; and of the value of its saw-dust, 

 in embalming ; with a hundred more of its 

 properties, famed and celebrated for ages, 

 might volumes be filled. 



SCOTCH PINE, OR FIR. 



The timber of this tree is found in highest 

 perfection on the more bleak and gravelly 

 sites. In light sand, it is also found durable. 

 But in the richer, more loamy soils, although 

 it grows apace while young, and flourishes 

 exuberantly, it soon sickens, is short-lived; 

 nor is the wood valuable, but short and 

 brittle. 



On retentive, tilly clays, in which it is 

 often planted, but from which, above all 

 others, it should be excluded, it frequently 



