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est claims in this particular, its extensive growtli will be discouraged by the 

 consideration ot its alleged unprofitableness as a timber tree — a conclusion, 

 probably, too hastily arrived at. There is some confusion between this tree 

 and P. Khutrow of Royle P. (Smithiana of Lambert) and P. Morinda, inso- 

 much so, tliat it is far from clear that they are not all one and the same 

 thing. 



P'lcea Hudsonii. — This must not be confounded with Pinus Iludsonica, or 

 Hudson's Bay Pine, otlierwise Pinus Banksiana. Picea Hudsonii is a dwarf 

 kind, and better fitted for the lawn than the arboretum. It is yet new, and 

 rather scarce — consequently the plants here are young. Hardy. 



Picea P. Fraseiii of London, is anotlier dwarf kind, Endlicher rating it 

 as attaining only 10 feet. This is under the mark. It is a much-branched, 

 compact growing kind, and likewise well adapted for a lawn. Found on the 

 higher mountains of Carolina and Pennsylvania. There is no doubt about 

 its being hardy. 



Picea pinsapo. — This is a beautiful kind, a native of Mount Atlas, assum- 

 ing mucli the appearance of the Picea balsamea, attaining a height of from 60 

 to 70 feet. It is a handsome, though a very slow growing, species — qual- 

 ities which may recommend it more as an ornament for a lawn, than as a tim- 

 ber tree. Hardy. 



I cannot close this section, without again directing attention to the mag- 

 nificent row of Picea balsamea on these lands, probably unrivalled in Great 

 Britain. At 40 feet of height, more than double the height assigned to this 

 species by Loudon, there is not the least appearance of decay. Already far 

 beyond the age to which that great authority restricted this sort, the contin- 

 ued healtli and vigor of these trees promise a still larger growth, and a still 

 greater longevity. 



There are here also a great many other species in this section, of which, 

 as less beautiful and novel, I have made no mention ; while some others I 

 have already alluded to as falling under the section Ahielinea, but which the 

 weight of authority would class among the Piceaa; such as the beautiful 

 Abies, or rather Piceafe JVordmanniana, and one or two others, as to whose 

 claim to rank in this division, there is greater room to doubt. The two sec- 

 tions, it must be allowed, run into each other by such imperceptible grada- 

 tion, that it is almost impossible to rear up a boundary between them, and 

 the sooner some great name sets about doing it away entirely, tlie better for 

 all parties, but especially the often perplexed and imposed upon grower of 

 this most beautiful order. 



In my next and concluding article, I will dispose of the section Cupres- 

 sineee, &c., and lesser divisions of this all-interesting family ; and, at the same 

 time, make a brief allusion to some rare and well advanced specimens in 

 the other branches of the family, grown on the adjacent estate of Glenal- 

 mond, the property of James Murray Patton, Esq., tlie brother of Mr. Patton 

 of the Cairnies. — [To be continued.) 



On Growing Fuchsias as Snow Plants. — If properly treated, fuchsias 

 can be had in good condition for showing, in September, as well as at any time 



