PINETUM BRITANNICUM. 
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opening in the middle of the turf must be neatly and closely fitted together, by using a little of the earth 
from each of the edges of the turf. It should receive a good tramping with the feet over all, so as to keep 
out the drought in the early part of the summer, until the plants take root. 
The Pinaster , when planted in suitable situations, is perfectly hardy in Britain. From Mr Palmer’s 
Tables, it appears that the worst effedts of the winter of 1860-61 were merely two killed and one much 
injured out of twenty-five places from which reports were received: all these in England, the much- 
injured one in Cornwall. The two killed were at Pamperford Hall in Cambridgeshire, and at Sudbrooke 
Holme in Lincolnshire; and the deaths in both counties were exceptional, being referred in the one 
case to the roots having been pot-bound, and in the other from the plant growing in a low wet - place; 
another growing on a bank in a sheltered situation, but close to the water, was not injured. 
In the north of France, Belgium, and the north of Germany, it does not thrive, although it is 
cultivated for decoration. 
Commercial Statistics. — In 1850 the price of i-year seedlings was 5s. per 1000, and i-year 
seedling and 1 -year transplanted 15s. per 1000; plants in pots 6 to 9 inches, 6s. per dozen; 12 to 
18 inches, is. 6d. each. In i860 the price of i-year seedlings was 6s. per 1000, and i-year seedlings 
and i-year transplanted 20s. per 1000; plants 6 to 9 inches, 8s. per dozen; 12 to 18 inches, 2s. 
each. In 1868 the price of i-year seedlings was 5s. per 1000; i-year seedling and i-year trans¬ 
planted, 17s. 6d. per 1000. Seed cost in 1850 45s. per cwt.; in i860, 50s. ; in 1868, 36s. per cwt. 
