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rage in the upper regions of the Pyrenees, " In these 

 inclement regions, where I have observed the tree in every 

 form and situation, I never saw an instance where the 

 wind appeared to affect it, nor where it showed a wea- 

 ther side." We would, therefore, recommend it to be tried, 

 provided plants or seed can be obtained in sufficient quan- 

 tity, upon elevated tracts of the Scottish highlands, or 

 upon the mountainous districts of Wales, Cumberland, and 

 Westmoreland. 



Another species, apparently deserving of more extended 

 cultivation, is the Finns laricio, (Corsican, or Larch Pine,) 

 which tree, though inhabiting a lower zone than the Pinus 

 sylvestris, is sufficiently hardy to thrive in any part of 

 Britain except in the more elevated mountainous regions. 

 It is a tree of handsome form and appearance, the leaves 

 long, slender, and of a very deep green. In Corsica it 

 is said sometimes to attain a height of one hundred and 

 forty to one hundred and fifty feet, but its general height 

 may be stated at from eighty to one hundred feet. Its 

 growth, in a favourable soil, which we consider to be a 

 dryish, gravelly, or sandy loam, is much more rapid than 

 that of the Scotch fir, its annual leading shoots often being 

 upwards of two feet in length, and it is stated in the 

 " Gardener's Magazine,' 1 '' that, in an instance where two 

 plants, one of Pinus laricio, the other of Pinus syhestris, 

 had been planted together at the same time and at the 

 same age, in the course of eight years Pinus laricio had 

 attained a height of upwards of twelve feet, the Pinus 

 sylvestris not more than seven. In France, according to 

 Thouin, Pinus laricio grows two thirds faster than the 

 Scotch Pine, placed in a similar soil and situation. As 

 an ornamental tree it is not inferior to the Pinaster, 

 and has the advantage over that species of always re- 



