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a month later. My brother and I have dedicated this handsome Pine to 

 Sir William Gibson Craig, Bart., whose enthusiasm has done so much to 

 promote the cultivation and introduction of new Pine trees, and who, in 

 particular, was one of those who chiefly conduced to my brother under- 

 taking the expedition, of which this Pine forms part of the fruits." 



Cui'RESSES LaWSONIAXA. 



"This was the handsomest tree seen in the whole expedition. It was 

 found on the banks of a stream in a valley in the mountains ; it is about 

 100 feet high, and 2 feet in diameter. The foliage is most delicate and 

 graceful. The branches bend upwards at the end like a Spruce, and 

 hang down at the tip like an ostrich feather. The top shoot drops like a 

 Deodar. The timber is good, clear, and workable. 



" This species has been named after Messrs. Lawson, the enterprising 

 nurserymen of the Scottish capital, who after having distributed and made 

 generally known so many species of this family of trees, are well entitled 

 to have their names connected with a species likely to prove a general 

 favorite ; and the attention comes well from my brother, who, if he has 

 received praise and commendation from others for the extent and excel- 

 lence of his collection, has received from these gentlemen the solid expres- 

 sion, they having purchased the whole of his collection at a liberal price." 



This has singularly small cones, and branches so closely covered with 

 blunt convex whole-colored scales, not depressed at the sides, as to re- 

 semble those of Jamixrus 2-)h.cnnicea or some such plant. The curved 

 ends of the twigs remind us of Juniperus incurva. It appears to be very 

 handsome. 



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PuTXAM, for August, has a delightfully written article with the above 

 caption, from which we clip the following, being a recital of the energies of 

 Mrs. Sparrowgrass, (an amiable and frugal housewife), directed to the 

 preservation of seed for the ensuing planting season. It is humorously 

 related, and withal is pregnant of good sense, and suggestive to careless 

 seed gatherers : 



" Mrs. Sparrowgrass," said I, " let us have some nuts and apples, and a 

 pitcher of Binghamton cider ; we have a good cheerful fire to-night, and 

 why should we not enjoy it ?" 



