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not be detrimental to its growth. ^^Tien young, and in warm weather it will bear being transplanted, 

 see Hart's Essays on Husbandry. 



The trniber of P. Cemhra is large, and has a finer grain than common deal; its smell is remarkably 

 pleasant. The hark of the trunk is of a whitish cast. The leaves are of a lighter green than most of 

 the other species, and they closely ornament the branches all round. They are from three to four and 

 a half inches long ; the number, that springs from one sheath, is ^^^q. The fiowefs^ have a more beau- 

 tiful appearance than in any other species, being of a bright purple colour, as are also the unripe, full- 

 grown cones, which have a bloom upon them resembhng that of a ripe Orleans plumb. The cones are 

 usually almost two inches in diameter, their length is in general not more than three, and the scales are 

 of an oval form, often reflexed at the margins. The nuts are triangular, and easily cracked, especially 

 when ripe. The kernels are about the size of a common Pea, and have the whiteness and softness 

 (when stripped of a brownish rind) of a blanched Almond. They have an agreeable oily taste, and 

 often form part of a Swiss as well as of a Siberian desert; in the latter country, during a favourable 

 season, such quantities are produced that the poorest peasants may provide themsekes with many 

 pounds at a very trifling expence. 



In the plantations of Jeremiah Dixon, Esq. near Leeds, may be seen several Pines of this species, 

 which, in that neighbourhood, is generally denominated the Gleddow Fine, from the place where it is 

 cultivated. On Lord dive's estate also, in Shropshire, there are very flourishing plantations of it; the 

 seeds of these last were brought from Switzerland by Mr. Hyams, who kept the Florida gardens some 

 time ago, and who after having supplied a few of the nurserymen with plants, sold the remainder of 

 his stock (amounting to more than two thousand) to the above-mentioned nobleman. They are become 

 a great ornament to the vicinity of Walcot, P. Cemhra is one of the handsomest trees of the whole 

 geiius, but of the slowest growth, as may be seen from those at Mill liill, the two largest of which are 

 ■ seventy years of age, and the smallest about fifty, as I have been informed by the gardener, who lived 

 there a considerable time. At a younger period, their growth is still slower, for they seldom attain the 

 height of three feet until their age amounts to fourteen years or more. 

 bear Male Flowers. This species at present is scarce in the Nursery Gardens about London, and bears 

 a hio-h price; it is to be regretted that more of this very ornamental tree has not been introduced into 



I have seen trees of this height 



this country. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 23 & %L 



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Tab. 23, representing the Male Flowers and Ripe Cones, was taken from specimens procured in the 



Royal Gardens of Kew. 



a, A. Male Catkin. 



B. Anthera discharging its Pollen. 



i 



Young Cone. 

 Ripe Cone. 



c. 



d. 



e, e. Its Scales. 



f, f. Seeds. 



Seed opened to shew the kernel. 

 Kernel, with a separate view of. its basis. 

 Longitudinal section of the kernel. 



k, K. Embryo with its radicle and cotyledons. 



h. 



1. 



L 



Leaves. 



M. Point of a leaf. 

 Tab. 24, shewing the full-grown but unripe Cones, was delineated from a specimen in the garden 



of the late Mr. Peter Collinson, at Mill Hill. 



Female Catkin. 



a. 



Fully formed, but unripe, Cone. 



