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surface of the scalesvery prominent, irregu-larly four-sided, andrecurved. Seed oval-ovate, somewhat point-ed below, light-colour-ed, with a broad wing,also light-coloured, andnearly three times thelength of the seed. P.longifolia is a native ofNepal , on the moun-tains; and also of thelower and warmer partsof India , where the treeis cultivated on accountof its beautiful foliageand graceful habit ofgrowth, but where itnever attains the samemagnitude as on theHimalayan Mountains .

It was introduced intoBritain in 1801, and fora long time was treatedas a green-house plant:it is now found to standthe open air, but notwithout protection dur-ing winter. The largesttree in England is be-lieved to be that atDropmore, of which fig.

2152. is a portrait, to i »a scale of 1 in. to 8 ft. | JJIt was, in 1837, nearly12 ft. high; but it iscovered every winter with a portable roof of fern, enclosed in mats, and sup-ported by a wooden frame; the sides being closed in with the same materials,

but with two doors oppo-sfiS'Ji site each other, to open

on fine days, to promote'’Hi ' ventilation. Mr. Lawson

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suggests that the tender-ness which is apparent insome individuals of this