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and full of resinous matter. Seeds small, ovate, of a dull gray 

 colour, and with the wings one inch long. 



A tall tree, with a smooth bark, growing from 100 to 150 

 feet high, and from four to six feet in diameter, forming a 

 small conical head, and free from branches three-fourths of its 

 height. 



It is found on the sides of hills from Canada to Virginia, 

 but attaining the largest size in the state of Vermont and 

 New Hampshire, near the commencement of the River St. 

 Lawrence. 



The timber is white, light, free from knots, and easily- 

 worked, and is known as the Canadian White Pine, and Pump- 

 kin Pine. 



It derived the name of Weymouth Pine in consequence of 

 Lord Weymouth, shortly after its introduction into England in 

 1705, having had a large quantity planted at Longleat, his 

 lordship's seat in Wiltshire. 



PiNUS Steobus brevifolia. Booth, the Short-leaved Wey- 

 mouth Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Strobus compressa, Loddiges. 

 This variety has much shorter and slenderer leaves than the 

 common Weymouth Pine, and with the leaves growing closely 

 compressed round the shoots. 

 A singular-looking variety. 



Pinus Strobus nana, Knight, the Dwarf Weymouth Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Strobus umbraculifera, Hort. 

 „ „ „ pumila, Hort. 



„ „ tabuliformis, Hort. 



„ „ Brogoittii, Hort. 

 This variety forms a small, dense, flat-topped bush, seldom 

 more than two or three feet high, and the same through the 

 head. The leaves are very slender, and from one and a half to 

 two inches long. 



Mr. Loudon makes mention of a plant which, after being 



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