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valuable in new places. The Stone Pine (P.pinea) is a 

 native of the South of Europe, where it is decidedly the 

 most picturesque evergreen tree of that continent. It 

 belongs peculiarly to Italy, and its "vast canopy, supported 

 on a naked column of great height, forms one of the chief 

 and peculiar beauties in Italian scenery, and in the living 

 landscapes of Claude." We regret that it is too tender to 

 bear our winters, but, its place may in a great measure be 

 supplied by the Pinaster or Cluster Pine (P. pinaster}, 

 which is quite hardy, and succeeds well in the United 

 States. This has much of the same picturesque expression, 

 depressed or rounded head, and tall columnar stem, which 

 mark the Stone Pine ; while its thickly massed foliage, 

 clustering cones, and rough bark, render it distinct and 

 strikingly interesting. 



The Corsican Pine (P. larica) is a handsome, regular 

 shaped, pyramidal tree, with the branches disposed in tiers 

 like those of the White Pine. It grows to a large size, and 

 is valued for its extremely dark green foliage, thickly spread 

 upon the branches. It is also one of the most rapid growers 

 among the foreign sorts, and has been found to grow 

 remarkably well upon the barren chalk downs of England. 

 Pinus cembra is a very slow growing, though valuable 

 kind, indigenous to Switzerland, and hardy here. 



These are the principal European species that deserve 

 notice here for their ornamental qualities. Some splendid 

 additions have been made to this genus, by the discovery 

 of new species on the Himalaya mountains of Asia ; and 

 from the great elevation at which they are found growing 

 wild, we have reason to hope that they will become natu- 

 ralized in our climate. 



We must not leave this extensive family of trees without 



