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valuable in new places. The Stone Pine ( P.pinea ) is a 
native of the South of Europe, where it is decidedly the 
most picturesque evergreen tree of that continent. Il 
belongs peculiarly to Italy, and its “vast canopy, supported 
on a naked column of great height, forms one of the chief 
and peculiar beauties in Italian scenery, and in the living 
landscapes 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 interesting. 
The Corsican Pine (P. iarica) 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 
remarkably well upon the barren chalk downs of England. 
Pinus cembra is a very slow growing, though valuable 
kind, indigenous 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 Himalaya mountains of Asia ; and 
from the great elevation at which they are found growing 
wild, we have reason to hope that they will become natu- 
ralized m our climate. 
We must not leave this extensive family of trees withoul 
