PINE. 1 1 1 



in these kingdoms ; for as the change of cli- 

 mate affects quadrupeds, so that those which 

 are removed from cold countries to warmer 

 latitudes, lose a part of their warm covering, 

 by their hair becoming short and thin, we 

 may naturally expect a similar change in 

 vegetables, whose fibres may become more 

 firm or relaxed according to the countries 

 from whence they are removed. It was in 

 the pleasure-grounds that the common larch, 

 which now makes so conspicuous a figure on 

 the face of our poorest lands, was first raised ; 

 and the Weymouth pine, or New England 

 larch, pinus strobus, was also introduced from 

 North America by Lord Weymouth, and first 

 planted to add grace to the grounds of the 

 Duchess of Beaufort, in 1705. It was also 

 planted at Sir E. Knatchbull's seat in Kent, 

 and some few other places, from whence the 

 seeds have been principally obtained for the 

 larger plantations that have been formed 

 within the last fifty years. This species of 

 pine is distinguished from others by the length 

 of its setaceous foliage, of a bluish green, 

 which is produced in little bunches of five 

 out of each sheath. The cones are also of 

 considerable length, and pendent, and the 

 tree altogether forms the connecting link 

 between the pine and the larch tribe. 



