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orange trees, as above stated), and sent thence by land into 

 Poland, Hungary, &c. 



I am, Sir, &c. 

 Pisa, Jan. 25. 1831. W. Spence. 



P. S. — I add to the parcel sent you some of the seeds of 

 Pinus jPinea, in case any of yonr friends should wish them- 

 selves to raise this noble tree, which, with its towering stem 

 of 100 to 200 ft. high, and flat table-like head, is often so dis- 

 tinguishing a feature of Italian scenery, immediately from 

 seeds of undoubted vigour and freshness, having been only a 

 short time detached from the cones. These large empty 

 cones, from their great inflammability, and being easily set on 

 a blaze by a candle, are constantly and most conveniently used 

 in lighting the wood fires in this part of Italy, and in causing 

 them to burn more briskly. The seeds themselves, after 

 being detached from the stony outer shell, are daily sold in 

 large quantities all the winter in Florence, Pisa, and other 

 places within reach of the extensive forests of this pine, under 

 the name of Pinocchi, and are little inferior to the common 

 nut, and about the same size, only much more oblong ; and 

 not very dissimilar in taste, except that they have a very 

 slight and agreeable resinous flavour. 



Art. XIX. Notice of the Culture of Thirteen Khids of superior 

 Horticultural Productions in the Neighbour-hood of Nevo York. 

 By Mr. Thomas Hogg, F.H.S., Nurseryman there. 



Sir, 



My neighbour Mr. Wilson has, in a former Number of 

 your Magazine (Vol. V. p. 409.), enumerated certain garden 

 products which are brought to perfection in the open air in 

 America, but which require protection in England. With 

 your permission I will state to you the cultivation and the 

 result of these thirteen kinds of horticultural products in this 

 country. 



The European sorts of the Grape grown here for wine or 

 table use have not succeeded in any part of this country in 

 the open fields, arranged as vineyards, though the experiment 

 has frequently been made by French, Swiss, and German 

 settlers. The mildew has baffled all their efforts. This dis- 

 ease affects not only the young wood, but also the fruit, and 

 totally destroys both for the season. In cities, however, the 

 vine succeeds much better, not being much affected by the 



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