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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



It was ten inches and a half high, exclusive of the 

 crown and stalk, and twenty-two inches in circum- 

 ference. From the extraordinary size and beauty of 

 the fruit, it was thought proper by the Fellows of the 

 Horticultural Society to present it to his Majesty, 

 which was accordingly done; and it was served up 

 in the dessert at the royal table at the Coronation 

 banquet. Mr. Buchan raised three other pines of 

 extraordinary weight in the same season : one weighed 

 ten pounds, six ounces; another, ten pounds two 

 ounces; and a third, nine pounds eight ounces; 

 making the total weight of the four, forty pounds 

 eight ounces. 



In the Indian Archipelago, and in China, an extra- 



Many-headed Pine, 



