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of comparing them with each other, I have still considered them as the same species. Those possessing 

 Japanese specimens will easily determine it from the figure. 



Having in the first part of this work spoken of several gardens abounding in species of Pines, I 

 shall here mention another which I have since become acquainted with, and haA^e had several oppor- 

 tunities of visiting; a garden containing a greater number of species of the natural order of Coniferee, 

 perhaps, than any other in Europe: I allude to White Knights, the charming residence of the Marquis 

 of Blandford, whose park and gardens are embeihshed with every species of hardy trees that can at 

 present be procured; the number of species, and indeed, of individuals of each, is greater than that of 

 - any other collection I havQ had an opportunity of seeing. To form an idea of the scale on which these 

 gardens are laid out, it need only be mentioned that one Arboretum occupied seven acres, and within 

 the last two years has been considerably enlarged. The superior skill in cultivation of the noble 

 owner, and its excellent soil and situation, have rendered the collection of hardy exotics at White 

 Knights one of the most interesting which this country has produced. 



. BOYTON HOUSE, 



Sept. 1807. 



Note to PiNus Halepensis, p. 16. 



I have lately seen a most beautiful tree of Pwms Hakpemis, bearing abundance of cones in the greatest perfection, in the garden of 

 Joshua Smith, Esq. at Stokes Park, AVilts; it is by far the largest of the species I have ever seen, and the only one which I have found 

 in fruit. Mrs. Smith informs me that it was planted by herself about seventeen years ago. The soil is sandy, and well sheltered by 



surrounding plantations. 



FINIS. 



