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branches and wild picturesque appearance in a large speci- 

 men, give a more mnjestic and decided character to a fine 

 building and its adjacent scenery than any other tree what- 

 ever. It is a native of the coldest parts of Mount Lihanus, 

 but according to Professor IMartyn, more trees are to be found 

 in England at the present time, than on its original site. As it 

 is scarcely yet known as an ornamental tree in this coimtry, we 

 certainly do not know of an object better worth the attention 

 of the arboriculturist. 



We observe, in foreign periodicals, that several magnificent 

 hardy individuals, belonging to this section of trees, have 

 been lately introduced into Europe, and we hope before long, 

 they will find their way to the hands of our cultivators. Among 

 the most remarkable, we may mention a splendid new genus 

 of pine (Pinus Lambert/ano,) lately found in northern Cali- 

 fornia. The discoverer, Mr. D. Douglas, botanical collector 

 to the London iJort. Soc, describes it as growing from one 

 hundred and fifty to two hundred feet in height, producing 

 cones sixteen inches in length. He measured a specimen two 

 hundred and fifteen feet long and fifty-seven in circumference.* 

 Several other specimens of this genus, of much grandeur and 

 beauty, are but lately introduced into cultivation, and which 

 our present limits will barely jiermit us to enumerate. Pinus 

 Douglas*/, P. monticola, P. grandis, are immense trees from 

 the north-west coast of America; Pinus deodara [Cedrus de- 

 oddra, Rox.,] from Himalaya, P. taurica, from Asiatic Turkey, 

 and P. Laricio, from the mountains of Corsica, are spoken of 

 as being highly ornamental ; Araucaria imbricata, a beautiful 

 evergreen tree of South America, and Cupressus pendula, the 

 weeping cypress of the Chinese, are extremely elegant — are 

 found to withstand the climate of Britain, and would probably 

 also endure that of this country. 



We cannot close these remarks without again adverting to 

 the infinite beauty which may be produced by a proper use 

 of this fine material of nature. INIany a dreary and barren 

 prospect may be rendered interesting — many a natural or arti- 

 ficial deformity hidden, and the eflect of almost every land- 

 scape may be improved, simply by the judicious employment 

 of trees. The most fertile countries would appear but a desert 

 without them, and the most picturesque scenery in every part 

 of the globe has owed to them its highest charms. Added to 

 this, by recent improvements in the art of transplanting,! ihe 

 ornamental planter of the present day may reali/o almost inrnie- 

 diately what was formerly the slow and regular production of 

 years. 



* Tra^^^. Linnsean Soc, v. 15, p. 497. 

 t Vide Sir Henry Stewart on Planting. 



