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mouth pine may have its beauty : its formality may be concealed. A few of 

 its branches, hanging from a mass of heavier foliage, may appear light and 

 feathery, while its spiry head may often form an agreeable apex to a clump." 

 (For. Seen., i. p. 87.) 



Soil, Situation, $c. We have already observed that the soil and situation 

 for this tree ought to be better than for most other species of pines. Seeds 

 are procured in abundance; and the plants, when sown in spring, come up 

 the first year, and may be treated like those of the Scotch pine. 



Statistics. In the Environs of London. At Whitton Place, there are many tree9, the tallest of 

 which is 81 ft. 6 in. high, and the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. ; at York House, Twickenham, it is 48 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6in., and of thehead 18 ft. ; at Chiswick Villa, there are various 

 trees, from 50ft. to (50 ft. high ; at Abercorn Priory, near Stanmore, it is 53 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 30 ft. — South of London. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 40 years 

 old, it is 3C) ft. high ; at Compton House, 60 years old, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft. in diameter. 

 In Hampshire, at Alresford, 41 years planted, it is 53 ft. high ; at Strathfieldsaye, it is 95ft. high, with 

 a trunk 4 ft 6 in. in diameter. In Somersetshire, at Kingston, it is 95 ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft. in 

 diameter. In Surrey, at Claremont, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of thehead 

 36 ft. ; at Deepdene, 10 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 50 years 

 planted, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., and of the head 57 ft.— North of Lon- 

 don. In Bedfordshire, at Southhill, it is 45 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. 6in. in diameter. In Berkshire, 

 at Bear Wood, 14 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years 

 planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Durham, at Southend, 40 years planted, it is 60 ft high ; at Stanwick 

 Park is one with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 33 years planted, 

 it is 42 ft. high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 44 It.; at Wakefield Lodge, 12 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In Shropshire, at 

 Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is 28 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is 50 ft. high. In 

 SuffoliCat Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 50 ft. In Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 60 ft. high ; the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 3 ft., and o( the head 33ft. In Yorkshire, at Giimston, 12 years planted, it is 

 32 ft. high. 



Vinus Strduux in Scotland. In the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, it Is 50 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 10 in., and of the head 40 ft. — South of Edinburgh. In Ayr- 

 shire, at Dalquharran, 55 years planted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Berwick- 

 shire, at the Hirsel, 20 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 55 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 2ft. 4 in. in diameter. — North of Edinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 

 13 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 it. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institu- 

 tion, 12 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 45 years planted, it is 45 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in. ; at Courtachy Castle, 14 years planted, it is 15ft. high. 

 In Inverness. shire, at Cowan, 30 years planted, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of 

 the head 25 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 73 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 42 It. ; at Brucefield, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Callendar Park, 39 years planted, it is 45ft. high. 



Vhius Strbbus in Ireland. In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, it is 46 ft. high. In Fer- 

 managh, at Florence Court, 30 years planted, it is 55 ft. high. In Galway, at Coole, it is 40 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 



Pinus Strdbus in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Beauvais, 30 years planted, it 

 is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 30 ft.; at Colombey, near Metz, 

 70 years planted, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft.; at M. Angot's, 29 years 

 planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Park at Clervaux, 32 years planted, it is 71 ft. high. In Hanover, 

 at Harbcke, 10 years planted, it is 16 ft. high ; at Schwobber, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft. In Saxony, at Worlitz, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft. In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it has a trunk 

 4 ft. in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden at Munich, 18 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; 

 in the English Garden, 25 years planted, it is30ft.high. In Austria, at Vienna, at Luxemburg, 30 yean 

 planted, it is 25 ft. high ; in Rosenthal's Nursery, 60 years planted, it is 40 ft. high ; at Hadersdorf, 

 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high; at Briick on the Leytha, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In 

 Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 years planted, it is 40ft. high; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years 

 planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Italy, at Desio, near Monza, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Flants, in the London nurseries, are, per thousand, 

 1 year's seedlings, 8s.; 2 years' seedlings, 125.; 1 year's transplanted, 20a.; and 

 transplanted plants from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 50a 1 . At Bollwyller, plants are 

 from 1 franc to 2 francs each ; or, per hundred, 4- years old and transplanted, 

 30*. At New York, plants are from; 50 cents to 75 cents, and as high as 

 1 dollar each, according to their size. 



1 40. P. (S.) exce'lsa Wallich. The lofty, or Bholan, Pine. 



Identification. Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1, t. 33. ; Royle Illust; Lawson's Manual, p. 363. 

 Synonymes P. Dicksdnn Hort. ; Chilla, or Chylla, Himalayas ; Kuel, Sirmone and Gurhwal j Lem- 



shing, Bhotea ; Raesula, or King of the Firs, Hindostan. 

 Engravings. Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 201. ; Lamb. Pin., 1. t. 33. ; our fig. 2199, to our usual scale ; 



and Jigs. 2197. and 2193 , of the natural size, from Wallich, Lambert, and from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in fives, very long, and slender, loose. Crest of the 

 anthers roundish, truncate ; simple, lacerated. Cones cylindrical, smooth, 

 pendulous, longer than the leaves. (Wall.) Buds, on the tree in the Hor- 



