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aspect totally unlike that of any other Pine I have named. It 

 may be as well to mention that the Pitch Pine of the timber- 

 merchant is not fm-nished by this species, but is principally 

 derived from P. australis, a long-leaved rather tender Pine 

 whose native habitat is the southern United States. 



The American Larch or Tamarack {Larix americana), mthin 

 the limits of the United States, is, according to Prof. C. S. Sar- 

 gent's " Catalogue of the Forest Trees of North America," always 

 found in cold damp swamps. Under these conditions, however, 

 it is not of such value as a timber-tree as in Labrador and 

 Newfoundland, where it is not confined to swamps. 



Tsuga canadensis, the Hemlock Spruce, I have seen do well 

 near water ; in a wild state it is found in rather dry, rocky 

 situations, and generally on the north side of hills. Picea 

 sitchensis or Menziesii I have seen attain a large size in Scotland 

 in wet spots ; in Alaska and California it is found in wet sandy 

 soil generally near the mouth of streams. 



P. Pinaster has been planted over immense tracts in the 

 Landes, adjoining the Bay of Biscay, and has served a double 

 purpose by binding the sand and also forming a screen, thus 

 preventing the great damage done by the frequent sand-storms, 

 which drove the sand-dunes inland and made them encroach 

 annually, at a rather alarming rate, on the cultivated ground. 

 P. lialeijensis, the Aleppo Pine, I have seen growing almost close 

 to the water's edge along the Mediterranean coast, and in rocky 

 barren spots too where scarce another tree was to be seen. 

 P. Pinea, the Stone Pine, also occurs along the Mediterranean 

 under similar conditions. It w^ould seem that these two species 

 might thrive, at any rate in sheltered places, along our south, 

 south-western, and western coasts. Have experiments to this 

 end been tried to any extent ? 



Gilpin, in his "Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening," 

 says : ''It would seem that the Silver Fir stands the sea-breeze, 

 as some of the largest I ever saw are growing upon the highest 

 point of land at Tregothnan ; but not having met with them 



Conifers for the Seaside, 



Cupressus macrocarpa, the Monterey 



Cypress 

 Pinus Laricio 



Pinus austriaca 



Pinaster 

 „ insignis 



