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after it had been for three hundred years in the roof 

 of an old castle, was as fresh and full of sap (resin) 

 as any newly imported from Memel." This is an 

 important subject, and well deserving the attention of 

 the great planters, whether of England or Scotland.''^' 



Besides the estimable species above described, there 

 are one or two others of the Pine family which planters 

 should diligently propagate, viz- — 1st. The maritime or 

 sea Pine, (P. maritima,) which has been found so 

 admirably fitted to resist the sea-breeze on the bleakest 

 coasts of France. 2d. The Pinaster or cluster Pine, 

 (F. pinaster,) perhaps the most beautiful of all the 

 Pine genus. This has been successfully used in Scot- 

 land for the same purpose. 3d. The red Pine of 

 Canada, which thrives in high geographical latitudes in 

 its native country. 4th. The swamp Pine of Georgia 

 (P. ausiralis or palustris,) as recommended by 

 Michaux and Dr Yule. 5th. The Weymouth Pine, 

 (P. strobus,) another American species, long known 

 and esteemed in Britain for its stately form and 

 excellent wood, the cultivation of which in America 

 was enforced by an act of parliament in the time of 

 Queen Anne, and likewise for its power of resisting 

 the storm in maritime exposures.f 



There are few trees that possess the same beauty and 

 value as the Scotch fir : but instead of being esteemed in 

 proportion to its merit, there is, perhaps, none that has 

 suffered in the same degree from united prejudice and 

 ignorance. From its uncommon hardiness, as well as 

 utility, it has been put to the most general and servile 

 offices, and then both misrepresented and vilified. " The 

 Scotch Fir," says an author of some name among the 

 EngHsh writers on planting, " is one of the last trees that 



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