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branches decay, they leave generally frumps, 

 which {landing out in various parts of the ftem, 

 break the continuity of it's lines. 



The bark is fmoother than that of any other 

 tree of the pine-kind, except the Weymouth ; 

 tho we do not efteem this among it's pic- 

 turefque beauties. It's hue however, which is 

 warm and reddifh, has a good effecl:; and 

 it obtains a kind of roughnefs by peeling off in 

 patches. 



The foliage of the ftone-pine is as beautiful 

 as the ftem. It's colour is a deep warm green ; 

 and it's form, inftead of breaking into acute 

 angles, like many of the pine-race, is moulded 

 into a flowing line by an aflemblage of fmall 

 mafTes. 



As age comes on, it's round clump-head 

 becomes more flat, fpreading itfelf into a 

 canopy, which is a form equally becoming. 

 And yet I doubt, whether any relinous tree 

 ever attains that pifturefque beauty in age, 

 which we admire fo much in the oak. The 

 oak continues long vigorous in his branches, 

 tho his trunk decays: but the refmous tree, 

 I believe, decays more equally through all 

 it's parts, and in age oftener prefents the idea 

 of vegetable decrepitude, than of the ftout 



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