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many other Northern Countries : 

 and in the Highlands of Scotland 

 there are feveral large Woods of 

 this Tree now growing ; and the 

 Seeds being brought from thence in- 

 to England, has occafioned the Name 

 of Scotch Fir being generally applied 

 to it here ; but in Norway it is 

 called Grana. 



The Clutter Pine is by moft Per- 

 fons little known ; for thePinafter, 

 as alfo the two other Sorts of moun- 

 tain Pines, are in many Places culti- 

 vated by this Name ; and, in fhort, 

 every Sort, whofe Cones are pro- 

 duced in large Bunches : but the 

 Sort here mentioned was brought 

 from America, and is very different 

 from either of thefe: there were two 

 or three of thefeTrees growing fome 

 Years fince in the Gardens of the 

 Bifiiop o{London,atFulbam, which pro- 

 duced plentyof Cones feveralYears. 



The fifth Sort, which is common- 

 ly called Lord Weymouth's Pine, 

 or the New - England Pine, is by 

 much the talleft-growing Tree of all 

 the Kinds j and the Leaves being 

 very long, and clofely placed on the 

 Branches, renders it more beautiful 

 than any other ; and the Bark of 

 the Stems and Branches is alfo ex- 

 ceeding fmooth, which is an Addi- 

 tion to the Beauty of the Tree: the 

 Leaves of this Sort are produced 

 five out of each Sheath ; and are of 

 a glaucous Colour : the Trees ge- 

 nerally form themfelves into conical 

 pleads, and have ftrait Stems, which 

 rife to more than one hundred Feet 

 high, in the Countries where it na- 

 turally grows : there are fome very 

 tall Trees of this Kind, at Sir Wynd- 

 ha?nKnatchbull\ Seat near AJhj or d in 

 Kent ; which have been many Years 

 there unnoticed,till, about twenty-fix 

 Years ago, the Seeds were brought 

 toLondon forSale: there are alfo fome 

 large Trees of this Kind growing at 



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Longhet, the Seat of the Right 

 Hon. the Lord Vifcount Weymouth, 

 which have produced Cones many 

 Years pail; and from thencetheTrees 

 were called Lord Weymouth' 's Pine. 

 The Cones of this Sort are long, the 

 Scales loofe and flat : the Seeds are 

 pretty large, and frequently drop 

 from the Cones, if they are not ga- 

 thered early in Autumn : this Tree 

 delights in a moift loofe Soil ; for in 

 the natural Places of its Growth the 

 Ground is wet, and of a loofe Tex- 

 ture. In New - England, Vir- 

 ginia^ Carolina, and feveral other 

 Parts of North-America, thefe Trees 

 abound, where they are called the 

 white Pine ; but the Wood is little 

 efteemed there, being foft, and very 

 white : however,for fuchPlantations 

 as are defign'd for Pleafure, there 

 is not any of the Species equal to 

 this for Beauty, where the Trees 

 thrive well. 



The fixth, feventh, eighth, ninth, 

 tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thir- 

 teenth Sorts grow in Spain, Portu- 

 gal, Italy, Aujiria, and other Parts 

 of Europe , where there are fome 

 other Varieties than are here enu- 

 merated : but as very few of thefe 

 have been introduced into England, 

 they cannot be well diftinguilhed 

 from the others, by the imperfect 

 Defcriptions which we have of them 

 in Books : moft of thefe Sorts areln- 

 habitants of the mountainous Parts 

 of Europe ; fo they are very hardy 

 in refpecl to Cold ; therefore they 

 may be eafily propagated mEngland, 

 were their Seeds brought hither in 

 the Cones : fome of thefe are of ve- 

 ry humble Growth, particularly the 

 eleventh and twelfth,which in many 

 Places do not exceed four Feet high, 

 and produce plenty of Cones : the 

 other Sort grows after the fame man- 

 ner as the fecond Sort ; fo are not 

 very beautiful Trees 5 but a few of 



