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Lambertiana, in honor of that distinguished botanist, A. B. 

 Lambert, Esq., of London, the author of a superb work on 

 this genus of trees. It is undoubtedly one of the finest 

 evergreens in the world, averaging from 100 to 200 feet in 

 height. Its discoverer, Mr. Douglass, the indefatigable 

 collector of the Horticultural Society of London, measured 

 one of these trees that had blown down, which was two 

 hundred and fifteen feet in length, and fifty-seven feet nine 

 inches in circumference, at three feet from the root ; while 

 at one hundred and thirty-four feet from the root, it was 

 seventeen feet five inches in girth. This, it is stated, is by 

 no means the maximum height of the species. The cones 

 of the Lambert Pine measure sixteen inches in length ; and 

 the seeds are eaten by the natives of those regions, either 

 roasted or made into cakes, after being pounded. The other 

 species found by Mr. Douglass grow naturally in the 

 mountain valleys of the western coast, and several of them, 

 as the Pinus grandis and nobilis, are almost as lofty as 

 the foregoing sort ; while Pinus monticola and P. Sabi- 

 niana are highly beautiful in their forms and elegant in 

 foliage. The seeds of nearly all these sorts were first sent 

 to the garden of the London Horticultural Society, where 

 many of the young trees are now growing ; and we hope 

 that they will soon be introduced into our plantations, 

 which they are so admirably calculated, by their elegant 

 foliage and stupendous magnitude, to adorn. 



The European Pines next deserve our attention. The 

 most common species in the north of Europe is the Scotch 

 Pine (P. sylvestris), a dark, tall, evergreen tree, with bluish 

 foliage, of 80 feet in height, which furnishes most of the 

 deal timber of Europe. It is one of the most rapid of all 

 the Pines in its growth, even on poor soils, and is therefore 



