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south and east of Vienna ; it also clothes the lower part of 

 the Semereng range and the hills near Baden, and ranges to 

 the south of Styria. Loudon remarks that in the neighbour- 



hood of the snowy mountains it grows at higher altitudes 

 than the silver fir, and Captain Widdrington assigns it a 

 zone immediately below that of the Pinus sylvestris ; at the 

 same time, he adds, " there is no question that it is suffi- 

 ciently hardy to resist any cold to which it is liable to 

 be exposed in these islands. 11 



It was first introduced into Britain by Mr. Lawson 

 of Edinburgh, in 1835, who raised a large number of 

 plants from seed brought from Germany, and we may 

 here remark that plants of this species, now six years old, 

 outstrip in strength and size those of the Common Pine 

 placed in the same soil and situation. 



It is described in its own country, as a large handsome 



