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such phenomena. After the eruptions of La Soufriere, several 
wrote to say that quantities of powdered sulphur from St. 
Vincent had descended in their Surrey and Hampshire parishes ! 
Scots Pine. 
their notion being that the commercial “ flowers of sulphur ” are 
the direct produce of volcanoes. 
Although the wood produced by the Scots Pine in this country 
is not considered of the highest quality, the species is certainly 
