116 GIGANTIC PINE—WHITE PINE. 
tainly have existed in the days of the Prophet Elijah, 
or even as Dr. Lindley observes of the tree jirst de- 
scribed, “It must have been a little plant when 
Samson was slaying his Philistines.” 
Gigantic Pine. 
On the Pacific coast there is 
found a species of Pine, very 
similar in its appearance to our 
common White Pine, which 
grows to the height of 200 feet. 
The trunk of a specimen which 
had been overturned by the 
winds measured 215 feet in 
length, and 57 feet in circum- 
ference at 3 feet from the base, 
and at 134 feet from the ground 
was about 6 feet in diameter. 
These are straight and beauti- 
fully tapering, and sometimes 170 feet without a 
branch. The cones measure about 16 inches in length. 
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White Pine, leaves arranged 
in fives. 
One of the most pleasing 
characteristics of the Coni- 
fera is their evergreen fo- 
liage. When dark winter 
spreads a sombre veil over 
the landscape, how charm- 
ing and enlivening is the ef- 
fect produced by a few Pines 
and Firs! In cold climates, 
where the winters are long, 
and the ground is covered 
mostly with snow-drifts, the 
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