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THE CUBA REVIEW 



YouiiK Australian Pines Five Yeafs Old 

 Planted as Roadside Trees in Southern Florida. 



AUSTRALIAN PINE 



Australian pine, casuarina, ironwood, beefwood, he oak, she oak and swamp oak are some 

 of the mosc familiar names given to a tree botanically referred to as Casuariua equisdifolia. 

 In tropical Am.erica where this tree is planted extensively, both for shade and. for ornament, 

 it is generally known as Australian pine. It is not a pine at all, but belongs to an entirely 

 different family of plants from that of the pines. In fact, it is not a coniferous tree, but is 

 closely related to the willow and poplar, as it is classified with the am.entaceous trees of which 

 the willow is the type. 



