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V. p. 2186.; U. P. variabilis Lamb., A. B. iv. p. 2243. ; 12. P. mitis Mich. 

 A. B. iv. p. 2195. ; 13. P. inops Ait., A. B. iv. p. 2192. ; 14. P. pungens 

 Mich., A. B. iv. p. 2197,; 15. P. Pinaster Ait., A. B. iv. p. 2213.; and 

 16. P. Pinea Lin., A. B. iv. p. 2224. 



In a letter, which accompanied the copy of the work kindly presented to 

 us by M. Antoine, he says, " A journey which I made some time ago to 

 the Snow Mountain and its environs in Styria, near Vienna, confirms my 

 opinion, that the three so-called species, Pinus Larlcio Poir., P. austriaca 

 Hcenke, P. VaWasidna Lamb., are only varieties, differing from P. Laricio, 

 as the type, according to soil and situation. For instance, you can find some 

 individuals with the habit exactly like that of P. Pinea, if the tree grows on 

 rocks ; but if the tree grows on a loose rich soil, it assumes a pyramidal shape, 

 like P. jS'trobus, with long leaves. Dr. Unger of the Johanneum at Gratz, 

 and Dr. Grisebach of Genoa, are of the same opinion with me respecting 

 P. Laricio. P. pumilio I found on the Snow Mountain in Styria in great 

 abundance. On the lower region, where it is mixed with Allies excelsa, 

 this pine has the original shape of P. pumilio Hcenke : higher up the whole 

 plant is diminished to the height of only 2 or 3 feet ; its leaves are very short, 

 and the cones very small. This, I think, is your P. carpatica, or P. pumilio 

 nana. On the highest region, P. pumilio produces no cones, but sometimes 

 abundance of male flowers, the plant growing not higher than 8 or 10 inches, 

 and the branches lying along the surface of the soil or rocks, and not more 

 than 3 or 4 feet in length." This corresponds with what Dr. Martins told 

 us, when we were at Munich, in 1828, respecting P. pumilio on the highest 

 ground in Bavaria, and which Dr. Martins was fully convinced was only a 

 variety of P. sylvestris. 



The titlepage to this work is a fanciful composition, which may rank in point 

 of taste with that of Bateman's OrchidacecB ; and the plates, which are in the 

 first number limited to the cones and leaves, seeds, scales, and male blossoms, 

 are in general faithful copies of the originals in Lambert. That which is 

 least like nature is the cone of P. Laricio var. P?\\a.sidna, in plate 1. This 

 cone is readily known from that of all the other species or varieties in the 

 section to which it belongs, by the tips of the scales being flattened. The 

 bud of P. Laricio and its varieties, hovi^ever, is a sure mark of distinction, 

 as it differs widely from that of all other pines. 



M. Antoine deserves great credit for his endeavours to spread a knowledge 

 of this interesting and important order of trees, and we trust he will be 

 patronised by arboriculturists in this country as well as in Germany. 



Art. II. The Eastern Arboretum, or Rural Register of all the 

 remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, S^c,, in the County of Norfolk. 

 By James Grigor. Illustrated by drawings of trees, etched on 

 copper. Nos. V., VI., and VII. 8vo. London and Norwich. 

 \s. each Number. 



The preceding numbers of this interesting work were examined in p. 601, 

 and 665. of our volume for the past year, and we now return to it with 

 much pleasure, because Mr. Grigor is a man after our own heart, Blickling 

 Park was commenced in Number iv., and the account of it extends to 

 Number v. The park and pleasure-grounds comprise about 1000 acres, finely 

 wooded with pines, firs, cedars, and planes. An Eastern plane has a trunk 

 9 ft. 9 in. in circumference, with a head covering a space 78 yards in circum- 

 ference. A pinaster is 65 ft. high, with a trunk 10^ ft. in circumference. 

 A Scotch pine, 70 ft. high, has a trunk 14 ft. in circumference at 1 ft. from 

 the ground ; it is supposed to be the largest tree of this species in Norfolk. 

 In the kitchen-garden is an espalier tree of the Harbord pippin, which covers 

 a space 28 yards in length, and bears plentifully every year. An oak is 



