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ornamental of the Ahks tribe. It grows with its branches feathered down to the ground, and the leaves 

 have a peculiar glaucous hue, making a most beautifal appearance, particularly when mixed with other 

 Pines. The seeds might be procm'ed from Nova Scotia or Canada. When exported from thence, they 

 are usually taken out of their cones, with or without their alee and packed in well- pitched casks. The 

 preparation of the ground intended for the reception of the seed consists merely in digging it up in the 

 preceding autumn. They should be laid on it towards the end of April, without being covered, and 

 pretty thickly, in order that the yoimg plants may not be choaked with weeds when they appear. The 

 attention necessary to the seedling, until it is planted out, is the same as the other species of this genus 

 require. Though the coldest parts of mountains are best suited to the support of P. alha, yet experience 

 shews that there is difficulty in raising trees from the seed, and although they come up, and look avcU 

 the first year, yet they are often lost in the second or third cold winter. Hence it is much better to 

 plant young trees where you wish to fix the plantations. They may be obtained at a very moderate price 

 in almost any of the nursery gardens about London. As the Ahics tribe seldom or never grow with 

 tap roots, these are fittest for being transplanted, and the age of fom- or five years seems to be the most 

 proper period. In situations much exposed to cold winds, they should be placed near to one another. 

 \\hen once the plantations begin to thrive, any open spots in them may be sown \Yit\v success. There 

 are many heaths and waste lands in this and in the sister kingdom, which we may hope to see applied 

 to the cultivation of this species. In England, as proofs that Hounslow and Eagshot Heaths are 

 not -unsuitable, I need only mention the flourishing plantations of Whitton and its vicinity. In ' 

 Ireland. I am certain that the high and mountainous heaths which lie between Westport and the Kil 

 leries, and the western parts of the County of Mayo ^ might be planted with great advantage, at present 

 they produce htde or no profit to their owners. 



The bark of P. alba is used for tanning; its resin is converted into good turpentine, to which purpose 

 m those parts of" America whence timber cannot be exported, the trees are very generally applied In 

 Canada, Nova Scotia, and New England, they make another advantage of them, besides using the 

 wood, wh.ch IS that of preparing Spruce or Essence of Spruce. This article is exported to the more 

 southern provmces and to England. The mode of preparing It will be described hereafter. 



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Some of the finest trees of this species, and the greatest number in any one plantation thnf T I, 

 ever seen, are at Milton-Abbas in Dorsetshire, the seat of the Earl of Do -chei The 

 flom-ishing ones also at Pain's Hill. iJoichester. There are very 



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EXPLANATION OF TAB. 26. 



_A. Male Catkin. 



B- Anthera. 



c- Female Catkin. 



d, d. Its Scales. 



e. Eipe Cone. 



t i. Scales of the same. 



g- 



Seed. 



lhii,U. Leaves and their point. 



In this county I have observed extensive remains of P. sylvcsirU- th. nl , 



>oor people di- them ,in in n,-,!.,- .,. ... - . ■>^"^^^''^^* • the old roots almost 



the_poor people dig then, up in ordc. to eonvert them into :opes Vty^ZC^!' .^[.'"^^^ ^^-^^ the bo,s, .nd so little decaved that 

 ..b,ns bemg r.ry da.p ropes made with hemp soon decay. \ bave bo g) / ee T '' '' '^ ^'^'' ''''-■ "^'^ -^^^ion f t 

 Ctlcbar market, .r s.pence each. ^ The wood is dai,y cried .r sa. in^hl 1^ i;!;: l^^ ^ ---"me yards Ion, : 



