Several recent envois uf feuds of this fpecies have been received in Ruffia, through the different
exploring expeditions of Middendorf, Radde, Schrenck, Maack, and Maxiniowicz, which have latterly
made us acquainted with much of the natural hill(jr>' of Eaftern Siberia; an<l we underltand that it grows
well in the Botanic Garden at St Petersburg, and there maintams its diftindive character.
It is an addition to the hardy Pines that thrive in Britain, which is interefting to the botanift
and ftudent of geographical diflribution; but in other refpeds it can fcarcely be called a valuable
acquifition.
Commercial Statißics.—None, r r having been in the market.
