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A DISCOURSE 



BOOK I. as do all cone-bearers, discovering their age ; which in time, with their 

 -^f^^ weight, bend them from their natural tendency, which is upright, espe- 

 cially toward the top of aged trees, where the leaf is flattish, and not so 

 regular. The cone is great and hard, pyramidal, and full of winged 

 seeds. 



sion, the curious planter may consult a very scarce book, De Arboribus Coniferis, Resini- 

 feris, aliisque Sempiterna fronde f^irentibus, written about two hundred years ago, by Pietro 

 Beloni. In the plantations belonging to Jeremiah Dixon, at Gledhow, near Leeds, may be 

 seen several of these Pines. They are there galled the Gledhow Pine. 



6. PINUS (picea) follis solitariis emarginatis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1420. Abies taxi folio, 

 fructu sursum spectante. Tourn. Inst. 585. Abies conis sursum spectantibus, s. mas. 

 Bauh. Pin. 505. The super fir-tree. 



This is a noble, upright tree. The branches are not very numerous, but the bark is smooth and 

 delicate. The leaves grow singly on the branches, and their ends are slightly indented. 

 Their upper surface is of a fine strong green colour, and their under has an ornament of two 

 white lines, running length-ways on each side of the mid-rib, on account of which silvery 

 look, this sort is called the Silver Fir. The cones are large, and grow erect ; and when the 

 warm weather comes on, they soon shed their seeds ; which should caution us to gather the 

 cones at an early season. This tree is common in the mountainous parts of Scotland, and in 

 Norway, and affords the yellow deal. From its yielding pitch, it has obtained the title of 

 Picea, or Pitch-tree. 



7. PiNUS ( ABIES ) foliis solitariis subulatis mucronatis laevibus bifariam versis. Lin. 

 Sp. PI. 1421. Abies foliis solitariis apice acuminatis. Hort. Cliff 445. Tm spkuce 



FIK-TREE. 



The Spruce Fir is a l)€autiful tree, as well as a valuable one for its timber, producing the white 

 d<^al. It is a native of Norway and Denmark, where it grows spontaneously, and is one of 

 the principal productions of their woods. It also grows plentifully in the Highlands of 

 Scotland, where it adorns those cloud-capped mountains with a constant verdure. The long- 

 coned Cornish Fir is a variety of this tree, and differs scarcely in any respect, except that 

 the leaves and cones are larger. The varieties of the Norway Spruce go by the names of 

 Picea major prima, sive Abies rubra : Abies alba, sive foemina. 



8. PINUS (CEDRUS ) foliis fasciculatis acutis. Lin. Sp. PI. J 420. Cedrus Conifera, foliis 

 Laricis. B. P. 4'90. Cedrus Libani. Bar. Ic. 499- The cedar of lebanoh. 



This tree is now classed with the Pine ; but as Mr. Evelyn has a separate chapter upon it, I 

 shall, in this place, only give its botanical description. 



9. PINUS (balsamea ) foliis solitariis subemarginatis : Subtus linea duplici punctata. 

 Lin. Sp. PI. 1421. The balm of gilead fir. 



This beautiful tree is a native of North America. It rises with an upright stem, and its branches 

 are garnished with solitary, flat, obtuse leaves, slightly emarginated at top, of a dark green 



