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ed to town. We accordingly found him, with a large vas- 

 culum in his hand, and his pockets overflowing with the 

 stalks and roots of Pyrola rotundifolia, which he had been 

 gathering in the park of Enghien. He gave us a most 

 frank and hearty welcome ; and immediately conducted 

 us to his large garden, situate at the lower end of the 

 town. This garden is three hectares, or about six acres, 

 in extent. It is appropriated to the cultivation of hardy 

 herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees ; and the collection of 

 these is very ample. In the genus Pinus, M. Parmen- 

 tier seems particularly rich. We had already seen in the 

 glazed houses, good specimens of P. longifolia, lanceolata, 

 canadensis, halepensis, and palustris, In this garden all the 

 jnore hardy species are to be found ; and perhaps halepen- 

 sis and pal u stris would do better here than in the greenhouse. 

 There are several large trees of the Italian pine, P. roma- 

 na, a species unknown at Edinburgh, but which thrives 

 here, and is now covered with its small cones. A species 

 sent home by Humboldt and Bonpland from South Ame- 

 rica was likewise now in cone. Mr Parmentier calls it 

 P. echinata, from the strong awns with which the scales of 

 the cones are armed. From its flourishing high on the 

 Andes, he thinks that it may succeed on the mountains of 

 Scotland. One which he names P. sumatrana, we were ra- 

 ther surprised to find in the open air, thriving well : it does 

 not, however, yield cones, but is propagated by means of lay- 

 ering and budding. P. Laricio of Corsica seems to grow free- 

 ly, and to be a species deserving of attention in Scotland. Mr 

 Parmentier repeatedly remarked to us, that the cultivation 

 of several of the alpine species of Pinus had not yet been 

 atfc tnpted on our Highland mountains, but that they well 

 . ; ' i . ff| to be tried. Upon our request, he readily promised 



