EVERGREEN ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
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The foregoing are the finest and most important species 
of the north. The Red Pine, [Pinas rubra,) and the Gray 
Pine, are species of small or secondary size, chiefly indige- 
nous to British America. The Jersey Pine, (P. inops,) is a 
dwarfish species, often called the Scrub Pine, which seldom 
grows more than 25 feet high. 
There are some splendid species, that are confined to 
the southern states, where they grow in great luxuriance. 
Among the most interesting of these, is the Long-leaved 
Pine, (P. australis ,) a tree of 70 feet elevation, with superb 
wandlike foliage, borne in threes, often nearly a foot in 
length. The cones are also seven or eight inches long, 
containing a kernel or seed of agreeable flavour. As this 
tree grows as far north as Norfolk in Virginia, we are 
Strongly inclined to believe that it might be naturalized in 
the climate of the middle states, and think it would become 
one of the most valuable additions to our catalogue of ever- 
green trees. The Loblolly Pine, (P. Toeda ,) of Virginia, 
has also fine foliage, six inches or more in length, and 
grows to 80 feet in height. Besides these already named, 
the southern states produce the Pond Pine, (P. serotina ,) 
which resembles considerably the Pitch Pine, with, how- 
ever, longer leaves, and the Table Mountain Pine, (P. Pun- 
gens ,) which grows 40 or 50 feet high, and is found exclu- 
sively upon that part of the Alleghany range. 
We must not forget in this enumeration of the Pines of 
North America, the magnificent species of California and 
the north-west coast. The most splendid of these was 
discovered in Northern California, and named the Pinus 
Lambertiana , in honour of that distinguished botanist, A. 
B. Lambert, Esq., of London, the author of a superb work 
on this genus of trees. It is undoubtedly one of the finest 
