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each Sort may be interfperfed with 

 the other more valuable Kinds, in 

 large Plantations of ever -green 

 Trees, by way of Variety. 



The fourteenth and fifteenth Sorts 

 grow in the Levant, from whence 

 their Seeds have been brought to 

 England, where there are feveral 

 Plants of the fifteenth Sort now 

 growing in fome curious Gardens ; 

 but the fourteenth is more rare at 

 prefent : thefe are not quite Co hardy 

 as the others ; for in the fevere 

 Winter of 1739. I had feveral 

 Plants of both Kinds which were 

 entirely deftroyed ; fome of which 

 were upward of ten Feet high; 

 but they will endure the Cold of 

 our common Winters very well. 

 There are two Plants of the fifteenth 

 Sort in the Gardens of his Grace 

 the Duke of Richmond at Goodwood 

 in SuJ/ex, which have produced 

 Cones for fome Years paft ; but they 

 have not perfected theirSeeds as yet. 



The Branches of thefe Trees are 

 flender, and extend to a great Di- 

 ftanee from the Trunk ; they are 

 produced in Circles at Diflances 

 above each other ; but grow very 

 irregular and loofe : the Leaves are 

 long, (lender, and of a deep-green 

 Colour : the Cones are ihaped fome- 

 what like thofe of the manured 

 Pine ; but are much fmaller : the 

 Seeds of this Kind will keep good 

 fome Years, when taken out of the 

 Cones. I have fown of thefe Seeds 

 when three Years old, which grew 

 as well as any new Seeds of the fame 

 Year; and the Plants came up in a 

 Bed of common Earth without 

 Trouble. 



The fixteenth, feventeenth , eigh- 

 teenth, and nineteenth Sorts are Na- 

 tives of Atiurica ; from whence their 

 Cones have been fent to England ; 

 and many of the Plants have been 

 raifed : thefe grow in NtiV'England t 



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Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina t 

 the fixteenth Sort grows to be a large 

 Tree, and makes an handfome Ap- 

 pearance; and when planted in a 

 moift light Soil, is very quick of 

 Growth : but the feventeenth is by 

 far the finer Sort, tho' at prefent 

 very rare in England: the Leaves of 

 this Sort are of a great Length, and 

 are three or four produced from 

 each Sheath : the Cones are large, 

 and almoft in Shape of thofe of the 

 manured Pine : there was a great 

 Number of thefe Trees growing in 

 the Gardens of Mr. Ball, near Exe- 

 ter, which were all deftroyed by 

 tranfplanting them at an improper 

 Seafon. 



The eighteenth Sort is fcarce 

 worthy of a Place, on account of its 

 irregular Growth. This Sort never 

 grows to any great Size in its native 

 Country, and foon becomes ragged 

 and unfightly : there have been great 

 Numbers of Trees of this Sort raifed 

 in England, fmce the Tafte for in- 

 troducing of Foreign Trees and 

 Shrubs has prevail'd here ; but in 

 many Places they are already be- 

 come fo unfightly, that they are at 

 prefent deftroying by their Owners. 



There are very few Plants of the 

 nineteenth Sort at prefent in E?ig- 

 land, which are grown to any 

 Height ; but fome Years ago there 

 were many of them growing at 

 Mr. BalP<, near Exeter, which were 

 upward of ten Feet high ; but thefe 

 were deftroyed by their Owner, who 

 did not like them : this Sort grows 

 on Swamps in America, and is with 

 Difficulty preferved upon dry Land; 

 nor do the Plants make much Pro- 

 grefs when placed in fuch Situa- 

 tions : the Leaves of this Sort are 

 very long, and of a dark-green 

 Colour the Stems of the Plants 

 are of a loofe Texture, covered with 

 a rugged Bark ; fo are not ^very 

 beautiful : 



