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or supposed to be, and is then more symme 

 trical and more beautiful. A specimen at 

 Bartram slightly varying from the true form, 

 is thirty-five feet high, and three feet in cir 

 cumference. It delights in a dry deep loam, 

 and in somewhat elevated situations. It 

 will do pretty well in any gravelly or dry 

 peaty soils, but little good in any that are 

 wet. 



May also be propagated as No. 4. 



15. P. TLEDA, Linnceus. Leaves in threes. 

 Cones oblong, conical, shorter than the 

 leaves, growing in clusters; scales with 

 rough prickles. Frankincense pine. Native 

 of the United States and Canada. 



Somewhat in the way of the last, but rea 

 dily distinguished by the number of its 

 leaves in the sheaths, as well as by its other 

 characters. It reaches a good height, and 

 thrives pretty well in most soils that are not 

 wet. Plants are scarce in our district, but 

 one exists in the collection of John Evans. 



PLATANUS, Linnceus. Nat. Orel. Platana- 

 ceae. Monoecia, Polyandria, Linn. Male 

 flowers in globular heads. Corolla very 



