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the latter were 57 feet liigli, with stems girthing 4 feet 2 inches 

 at a yard from the ground. 



On comparing the wood of the Weymouth Pine produced in 

 this country with that sent to the late Colonial and Indian 

 Exhibition, the differences were slight indeed, and nothing more 

 than what would be expected to exist between an immature and 

 perfectly developed specimen of the tree. 



The Weymouth Pine dislikes cold and draughty situations, 

 its favourite haunts being sheltered valleys at medium altitudes. 



(6) The Scotch Pine (P. silvestris). — For economic planting 

 the Scotch Fir will, in all likelihood, hold a high rank, it being 

 of great value for planting on poor land in exposed situations. 

 No doubt this Pine will continue to be planted extensively wher- 

 ever shelter is of first importance, and rightly so, for few others 

 are so capable of withstanding the cold, cutting blasts of our 

 exposed hillsides. The almost valueless timber produced by the 

 tree will always be a serious drawback to the extensive use of 

 this particular species ; but this is in great part counterbalanced 

 by the hardy nature of the tree, the great amount of shelter it 

 affords, and the rapidity of growth on poor, thin soils. Of late " 

 years in particular it has been well-nigh an impossibility to get 

 rid of the timber at any price. The best quality of Scotch Pine- 

 wood, such as that produced in some of the northern Scottish 

 counties, no doubt realises, even at the present time, a fair 

 price ; but, generally speaking, that grown throughout Southern 

 Scotland, in England as a whole, and also in Ireland, is of so in- 

 ferior a quality as hardly to fetch the price of second-rate fire- 

 wood. 



(7) The Giant Arborvitse {Thuya gigantea). — Being onlyforty 

 years since the Giant ArborvitsB was introduced to this country, 

 we must be careful in sounding its praises ; but there can be 

 little question that in it we have, whether for utility or ornament, 

 a most valuable addition to our forest trees, and it is the 

 opinion of most practical arboriculturists that it will be one of 

 the trees of the future in this country. After a fair and 

 impartial trial on my own part, I have found it to be perfectly 

 hardy even at an altitude of 1,000 feet, a fast grower and rapid 

 timber-producer, a non-fastidious subject as regards the 

 quality of soil in which it is planted, and one of the easiest 

 managed and most accommodating of trees. From my note- 



