ENDLICHER^S ARRANGEMENT. 



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In order to render our observations intelligible^ as 

 well as to bave an opportunity of conveying useM in- 

 formation^ we deem it needful to give an enumeration 

 of tlie species wbicb bave been ascertained, or may be 

 expected, to live and tbrive in onr climate. We adopt 

 tbe scientific arrangement and nomenclature of End- 

 licber, as best suited' to our present purpose'^. To the 

 I several groups and subdivisions we sball append brief 

 remarks on tbeir respective cbaracters, or on other 

 matters connected with them worthy of notice. At the 

 end of the chapter we shall offer some general observa- 

 tions on the influence of soil and climate in relation to 

 these trees, and on the pictorial arrangement of the 

 Piuetum as a whole. The reader is requested to remem- 

 ber that when no indication is given the species is knovm 

 to be hardy; — that h? denotes that this character is 

 doubtful — s h means sub-hardy — and that the figures at- 

 tached to the right of the specific names mark the average 

 or probable height in feet. An asterisk is prefixed to 

 a few species not yet introduced into this country. 



* It wlU be observed tkat the arrangement of EncUiclier, taken 

 from Ms ' Synopsis Coniferarum,' and corresponding to the class 

 and alliance Gymnogens of Lindley, differs in. the order of se- 

 quence from tkat given from ' The Vegetable Kingdom,' in our 

 Synopsis of Orders ia the chapter on The Arboretum. We do 

 not profess to adjudicate on their respective scientific merits. 

 Perhaps the latter is better adapted to express the external rela- 

 tions of tke Order in a general system. In a detached Pinetum 

 we should prefer Endhcher's subdivisions. The reader may 

 adopt either as it suits his convenience. 



Much valuable and interesting information, regarding pines 

 and the kindred genera, may he found in Messrs. Lawson and 

 Son's ' List of Plants of the Fir Tribe,' and in Messrs. Knight 

 and Perry's ' Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants grown in Great 

 Britain.' 



