VALLADOLID, one of the provinces into which the kingdom of Leon in Spain is divided. It extends over 271 square leagues, and has a population of 187,390 souls. It is situated in a country destitute of trees, except an occasional suture of fir woods in some of the more sandy soils. From being thus denuded of trees, it appears more barren than it in reality is; for it produces good crops of corn, especially of wheat, when the summer is moist, and on all those spots where either natural or artificial irrigation is practised; but in all the plains of Castile and Leon, it suffers most severely in dry seasons. The canal of Castile runs through a portion of this department, and as it is designed for irrigation, as well as for navigation, it is very beneficial as far as it extends; and if ever it should be completed, so as to unite the river Santander with the Ebro and the Douro, it will be of incalculable advantage to the whole of Valladolid.