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naked column of great height, forms one of the chief and 
peculiar beauties in Italian scenery, and in the living land- 
scapes of Claude.” We regret that it is too tender to bear 
our winters, but its place may in a great measure be supplied 
by the Pinaster or Cluster Pine, (P. pinaster ,) which is 
quite hardy, and succeeds well in the United States. This 
has much of the same picturesque expression ; depressed 
or rounded head, and tall columnar stem, which mark the 
Stone Pine ; while its thickly massed foliage, clustering 
cones, and rough bark, render it distinct and strikingly in- 
teresting. 
The Corsican Pine, (P. larico ,) is a handsome, regular 
shaped, pyramidal tree, with the branches disposed in tiers 
like those of the White Pine. It grows to a large size, and 
is valued for its extremely dark green foliage, thickly spread 
upon the branches. It is also one of the most rapid growers 
among the foreign sorts, and has been found to grow remark- 
ably well upon the barren chalk downs of England. Pinus 
cembra is a very slow growing, though valuable kind, indi- 
genous to Switzerland, and hardy here. 
These are the principal European species that deserve 
notice here, for their ornamental qualities. Some splendid 
additions have been made to this genus, by the discovery of 
new species on the Himmalya mountains of Asia ; and from 
the great elevation at which they are found growing wild, 
we have reason to hope that they will become naturalized in 
our climate. 
We must not leave this extensive of family trees, without 
adverting to their numerous and important uses. In the 
United States, full four-fifths of all the houses built, are con- 
structed of the White and Yellow Pine, chiefly of the former. 
Soft, easily worked, light and fine in texture, it is almost 
universally employed in carpentry, and for all the purposes 
