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grow on the high land at Kosemary Hall and Prospect, where they 
seed abundantly, but no young plants appear. — Hab. Australia. 
Cunningliamia, E. Br. 
669. C. sinensis, Eicli ; C. lanceolata, Hk. — Called Chili Pine ; 
grows somewhat abundantly on the high land to a fine tree, thirty 
or forty feet high. It has lately been ascertained that the white ant 
insect will not attack the wood of this tree ; a specimen buried in 
the earth in a locality infested with white ants was not touched after 
six months’ exposure. This fact places the existing trees in much 
peril ; indeed, some have already been cut down and used for timber. 
It should also encourage extensive planting of them. They bear seed 
freely, which do not germinate. Bot. Mag. 2743. — Hab. China. 
Juniperus, Linn. 
670. J. bermudiana, Linn. — Bermuda Cedar. Several hundred 
plants of this valuable timber tree have recently been introduced 
into the Island, raised from seed by Governor Sir Charles Elliot, 
and seem to thrive very well. They have been planted out chiefly 
on the high land and in the neighbourhood of Plantation, but they 
appear to answer equally well on the lowland in the warm valleys. — 
Hab. Bermuda. 
671. J. virginiana, Linn. — Eed Cedar. There is one fine 
spreading tree, about eighteen feet high, growing in Plantation 
Grounds. It is apparently an old one, but does not seed. — Hab. N. 
America. 
Pinus, Linn. 
672. P. Pinaster, Ait. — The common Fir, introduced in 1787, 
is now one of the most abundant trees in the Island. It grows 
readily, shedding its seed and springing up without care or cultiva- 
tion. In some of the rocky soilless parts it thrives well, merely 
thrusting its roots between the cracks and fissures of the rocks. In 
various parts there are perhaps altogether about two hundred acres 
thickly planted with these Firs. They do not appear to answer at 
a lower altitude than fifteen hundred feet above the sea, and are con- 
fined to M. and H. L., at alts, from 3 to 5. Many of the trees 
