366 THE SCOTCH FIK, OR PINE. 



indeed, and so wild, that it would be almost as hardy to 

 doubt their native origin as to deny that the soil from 

 which they spring is a constituent part of the country. 



THE SCOTCH FIR. 



" In the forests of Invercauld and Braemar," says Sir 

 T. D. Lauder, "the endless Fir woods run up all the 

 ramifications and subdivisions of the tributary valleys, 

 cover the lower elevations, climb the sides of the higher 



