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and is so easy to cultivate, that in a place like this, 

 where so tew evergreens will flourish, it is worthy of 

 notice and should be planted. It constitutes a large 

 part of the forests of Northern Europe, and makes the 

 best of timber. 



The Austrian Pine — Piniis Aiistriaca, is a native of 

 the mountainous regions of Austria, where it grows to 

 the height of one hundred to one hundred and twenty 

 feet. It is more ornamental than the last, and is 

 equally hardy, but requires more care in transplanting. 

 As it becomes a large tree, and is a rapid grower, it 

 should not be crowded, but have an abundance of 

 room. The same may be said of the White Pine and 

 the Norway Spruce. 



The White Pine — Pinus strabus, is so well known 

 it needs no description here. In Pennsylvania, New 

 York, New England, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne- 

 sota it has been very abundant, and in parts of Michi- 

 gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota it still is. It is the tree 

 from which our common pine lumber is made. It is 

 one of the most graceful trees of the pine family. If 

 it were a rare foreign tree, its beauty would be appre- 

 ciated. It grows well on the bluff, and should be more 

 extensively cultivated for ornament. 



Perhaps it may be proper to add the Yellow Pine 

 — Pinus mitis. It is rather a pretty evergreen and will 

 grow on the bluff. 



The Norway Spruce — Abies excelsa, is one of the 

 finest of evergreens. It is a lofty forest tree, indigen- 

 ous to Northern Europe and Asia, and further south 

 among the mountains, where it is very abundant. It 

 lives to a great age. It is said bj Michaux to require 

 one hundred and fifty years to develop its full propor- 

 tions. Bryant, in his work on forest trees, says: " No 

 other evergreen is more easily raised from seed; no 



