THE PINE. 



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at the proper time, is almost certain, union between the 



stock and scion seldom failing to take place within three 



weeks or a month. It is desirable, however, in this mode 



of grafting, that the stock and the scion should be nearly 



allied, or belong to the same genera or divisions of the 



family, and also that the stock should be of a growth and 



habit resembling that of the scion ; for we have observed 



that when a scion of large and 



strong growth has been grafted 



upon a tree of less succulent 



or rampant habit, the graft 



became swelled and much 



larger than the stock at the 



point of junction, as shown in 



the figure, threatening, in the 



course of a few years' growth, 



to become much too heavy for 



the stock to support it, and 



liable to be broken, or blown 



off by winds or storms of snow. 



Such appeared to be the case 



in some instances that have 



come under our notice, where the Pinus Sabiniana had 



been grafted upon the Pinus laricio. 



To the Pines already enumerated may be added the 

 Pinus Peyrenaica of La Perouse, the Pinus Hispanica of 

 Captain Cook,* now Widdrington, who first introduced 

 it into Britain, and who speaks highly of its noble ap- 

 pearance, elegant form, and quick growth, and recom- 

 mends its cultivation, as one of the most ornamental Pines 

 for park and landscape scenery. Its timber he describes 



* See Captain Cook's " Sketches in Spain," and article in vol. ii. of " Annals of 

 Natural History," page 1C3. 



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