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vating? Now, in such places, these trees 

 will thrive wonderfully, and greatly add to the 

 pleasure of the owner while growing, and 

 afterwards render as much profit to his suc- 

 cessors, as perhaps the best plantation of 

 oaks." 



Pliny tells us, that in Italy it was consi- 

 dered amongst their most profitable planta- 

 tions, and was generally cut for poles once 

 in every thirteen years, and that this fall was 

 called dos Jilice, because the profit was 

 reckoned a sufficient marriage portion for a 

 daughter. 



This timber is reckoned amongst the sono- 

 rous woods ; it is therefore used for harps, 

 violins, and other musical instruments, and it 

 is said that no wood is better calculated to re- 

 sist the ravages of the worm, &c. 



The deciduous cypress tree, cupressus dis- 

 ticha, is a native of North America, and it 

 appears to have been introduced to this coun- 

 try by Mr. John Tradescant, of South Lam- 

 beth, where it was planted prior to 1640. We 

 have now two varieties of this species of 

 cypress. 



Cupressus lusitanica, commonly called the 

 cedar of Goa, from whence it was first brought 

 to Portugal, and is therefore named the Por- 

 tugal cypress. We learn from Mr. Ray's let- 



