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Once it becomes of seed-bearing age, the remarkable massing 

 or clustering of its cones adds greatly to its beauty and attract- 

 iveness. Whenever this variety can be procured to take the 

 place in grouping of, or in association with, the Austrian, it 

 should be planted ; but at present it is so rare that we can only 

 look for its being placed in some prominent single position upon 

 the lawn. 



The Swiss Stone Pine. Pinics cenibra. — The Cembrian or 

 Swiss Stone Pine is a very compact and somewhat slow-growing 

 variety, resembling the white pine, except that its foliage is 

 shorter and more stiff. It is well suited to the foreground of 

 groups of that variety. It is perfectly hardy, and very handsome. 



The Pitch Pine. Pinus rigida. — For the purpose of creating 

 a wild and somewhat romantic effect upon some rocky hillside, 

 or in the formation of a broken group, the pitch pine may be 

 used with good effect; but as a tree for general use in orna- 

 mental planting, the dark rich green of its foliage, and the 

 facility with which it can be grpwn in any soil, are its only 

 claims to notice. 



The Nokway Pine. Pinus resinosa. — The Red or Norway 

 Pine is of rapid growth, quite handsome while young, its foliage 

 being a dark rich green ; but as it acquires age it becomes some- 

 times too open and sparse of foliage to render it specially desir- 

 able, except in large grounds. In the formation of masses we 

 should use one or more of this variety. 



The Mammoth Tkee op Calipoenia. Sequoia gigantea. — 

 The growth and appearance of this new California evergreen is 

 extremely graceful and beautiful. It is known under the various 

 names of Washingtonia, WeUingtonia, and Bastard Cedar, and 

 was originally classed as a Taxodium, supposing it to belong to 

 the same genus as the deciduous cypress. It was first discovered 

 in 1831. It has been found growing abundantly on the mount- 

 ains of Santa Cruz, about sixty miles from Monterey, in Call- 



