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THE PARK PINETUM. 
[Part V. 
been planted as shrubs; they are misplaced as 
trees : and the greater the growth, the more 
we have to regret the position of our most fa¬ 
vourite plants. 
By comparison with the pleasure-ground pi- 
netum, the park pinetum is infinite and eternal; 
that is, any number of plants may be grown, 
and the greater the number, and the greater 
their size, the greater the beauty and interest 
of the pinetum. 
But short-lived mortals claim the short-lived 
pleasure of the present hour; and a very little 
present pretty effect is greatly preferred to any 
quantity of infinity and eternity. And I do not 
mean to condemn lawn pinetums ; on the con¬ 
trary, I think them inappreciably beautiful. 
What I plead for is, that we should also plant 
posterity park pinetums. If we do not live to see 
their beauty ourselves, we shall not die the 
sooner for having created it for those who suc¬ 
ceed us on this earth. And must he be a liar 
who says he loves the neighbour whom he has 
not seen ? 
Pinuses should be planted out when from six 
inches to a foot high. I shall detail the method 
which I have followed, as my own labourer, in a 
small park pinetum since 1837. 
