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Loudon says -of the Scotch Pine : 
“ The wood is valued like that of every other pine, in proportion to its fi eeness 
from knots; and ,it is foundithat the knots of this species are more easily worked, 
and much less liable to drop out of flooring boards, than is the case with knotty 
boards of the Spruce or Silver Fir. The facility with which the wood of the Scotch 
Pine is worked occasions its employment in joining and house-carpentry, almost 
to the exclusion of every other kind of timber, wherever it can be produced. In 
point of durability, if it is kept dry, it equals the Oak,— more especially if it has been 
of slow growth, and is resinous. As a timber tree, for planting in poor, dry soils, 
in exposed situations, none can excel the Scotch Pine, and it is only equalled by the 
Larch.” 
In regard to the adaptation of the Scotch Pine to various soils, 
Mathews, as quoted by the same author, says — 
‘•That the natural location of the Scotch Pine in poor, sandy soils does not result 
from these soils being best adapted for it, but from the seeds which are blown about 
by the winds, rising (germinating) readily in such soils, and the plants growing 
more vitjorously than any other tree. Should any one doubt this, he observes, let him 
make an excursion into Mar Forest, and there he will find the Scotch Pine in every 
description of soil and situation, but always thriving best in good timber soil ; and, 
in short, not differing very materially in respect to soil from the Sycamore, the Elm, 
the Oak, or the Ash.” 
In addition to the value of the wood of the Scotch Pine for 
economic use, its adaptation to all dry soils, and its vigorous growth 
in sheltered or exposed situations, it is believed that in this country, 
as in Europe, that the Scotch Pine has a greater geographical range 
than any other pine, and that in view of the probable exhaustion of 
the White Pine forests within the lifetime of the present generation, it 
is particularly desirable that a tree possessing such good qualities as 
the Scotch Pine, and which is susceptible of successful and profitable 
cultivation in a diversity of soils and situations, and in a wider range 
of climate, perhaps, than any other pine, should have its qualities 
more fully made known, so that it may become introduced into more 
general cultivation. . 
As the result of a number of years of observation, we are satisfied 
that there is no one species of Evergreen with which we are familiar 
that so perfectly possesses the qualities requisite to ensure its general 
success over a wide range of country, and prove as satisfactory to 
planters as the Scotch Pine, more especially for the purposes recom- 
mended by Sargent, who says : 
“The rapidity of its growth in all situations, and its economic value, make the 
Scotch Pine the most valuable tree farmers can plant for screens and wind breaTcs 
about their fields and buildings.” 
In localities where the Norway Spruce and European Larch are 
known to thrive, and where the timber-belts are designed to occupy 
considerable breadth of land, we would advise an intermixture of 
these two species of trees with the Scotch Pine in the plantation. 
Hints as to the Nature of Evergreens. 
The sap of coniferous Evergeen trees is resinous; the resin of com- 
merce is the product of Evergreen trees ; resin is insoluble in water 
