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Bother places. But in limestone districts I have seen 

 it look unpromising, and I have been advised not to 

 recommend it for these soils. 



Timber of mature well-grown trees is fine-grained, 

 elastic, heavy, strong, clean, and easily worked, and 

 capable of receiving a high polish ; and there are 

 varieties or forms called Fastigiata, Gregiana, Pen- 

 dulaij Taxi/olid) Variegata, &c. 



P. Cembra, the Siberian Pine, is one of the hardiest 

 of our Pines, and not particular as to soil or situa- 

 tion. 



Pinus excelsa somewhat resembles P. strobus, or the 

 Weymouth Pine, and, deservedly, is in every collec- 

 tion, growing rapidly, but impatient of storm. 



P. Hartivegii, JIartweg's Pine, is a handsome tree, 

 but I believe does not grow above fifty feet high. 



Abies Canademis, or the Hemlock Spruce y is on'e of 

 the handsomest Firs of American woods, liking deep 

 and somewhat moist soil in sheltered situations. 



The Black Spruce, the White Spruce, the Califor- 

 nian Hemlock Spruce, are all pretty well known. 



A. Menziesii is very ornamental and hardy, and of 

 rapid growth ; and A. Smithiana, the Himalayan 

 Spruce, is likewise much admired. 



A. Pattoniana, Patton's Spruce, grows to great size 

 in the Oregon country, and is said to resemble the 

 Deodar Cedar in habit and general appearance ; but it 

 is more thickly branched, and is densely clothed with 

 foliage, and, to some eyes, it is handsomer. This, 



