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" while it is known that thousands of the 

 u common pine have arrived at maturity 5 

 " and thousands have died, which at no period 

 " of their age were better than those which 

 " are every day felled for the most ordinary 

 " purposes ? How can soil or situation be 

 " given as a reason, while it is known that 

 " the common pine is scattered over all Scot- 

 " land, in as good soils and situations as those 

 " in which the superior sort grows, and yet 

 are found, when cut up, to be but of infe- 

 44 rior quality ? 



u This superior variety abounds in the 

 « highland districts of Abernethy, in Strath - 

 " spey, and in the north of Scotland ; and the 

 ** first individuals who collected the seeds, 

 " and raised plants of this sort, were Messrs* 

 " Alexander and John Grigor, nurserymen 

 " at Elgin and Forres, at whose nurseries 

 " plants of these pines are always to be found, 

 " and for whose exertions the Highland So- 

 " ciety of Scotland awarded their premium. 

 " These gentlemen, in the short period of two 

 " years (the time they require before being 

 " fit for transplanting), raised and sold no 

 " less a quantity than two millions of the real 

 " Highland pine, and thus put into the pos- 



