IIO KINDS OF TREES, 



natural forefts. or planted groves ; and hence its 



len ;; f| ^ and cleannefs of ftem. But the use and 



of this fir, in this country, may be 



o be fuperfecied by the introduction of the 



larch, fave in peculiar fituations. 



This tree, it may he proper to obferve, produces 

 that necefiarv article Pitch. 



THE PINASTER. (Pinus pinaster.} 



This is a foreft tree of very confiderable fize ; 

 and found, efpecially on the weftern mores of 

 Scotland, to be very hardy. It might therefore, 

 if properly managed, perhaps be fuccefsfully ufed 

 as a nurfe for other more valuable kinds. It 

 fends out more rampant arms than even the Scots 

 fir ; which would therefore require to be lopped 

 tiiaeouily, or before they could injure the princi- 

 pal plants. 



Some even plant this fir with a view to orna- 

 ment. But an old pinafter, which never has been 

 curbed or pruned, certainly looks fomewhat fan- 

 taftical. 



THE SCOTS FIR, or Wild Pine. 

 (Pinus sylvestris.) 



Next to the Grampian birch and mountain 

 forb, perhaps, this is our mod hardy foreft plant. 



It 



