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considered tender forest trees and shrubs grow in 

 some of these localities. Mr. James Brown, of Stir- 

 ling, in his work on Forestry, remarks that on the 

 east coast of Ireland, about Donaghadee, the most 

 tender of our forest trees grow with much luxuri- 

 ance ; whilst on the west coast of Scotland, about 

 Portpatrick, but eighteen miles distant, not a forest 

 tree can be coaxed to grow, within considerable dis- 

 tance back from the seashore ; to account for which, 

 he dwells on the importance of considering aspect 

 and prevailing winds, which in many places have as 

 much influence as soil. 



Here we may name some trees, shrubs, and other 

 plants of different heights, size, and character, which 

 seem worthy of particular attention, and many of 

 which appear not to have as yet received as much as 

 they deserve. Amongst trees of evergreen or persistent 

 foliage, comparatively few Conifers or cone-bearing 

 Pines, or of the berry- or fruit-bearing of the Pine 

 groups, have been long known in this country ; but 

 within the present half century many foreign kinds 

 have been introduced, several of which promise to pro- 

 duce valuable timber as well as being ornamental ; and 

 volumes, some with beautiful plates, are devoted to 

 their description. Araucaria imbricata at Kew, when 

 I was a law student, was the first of the family which 

 particularly attracted my attention, and this Pine has 

 since become one of the most remarkable trees in our 

 plantations. The Araucarians, natives of the Andes, 



