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Dwarf Pine. Instead of growing in chimps and 

 low, heathy mats, it manages in some way to main 

 tain an erect position, and usually stands single. 

 "Wherever the young trees are at all sheltered, they 

 grow up straight and arrowy, with delicately 

 tapered bole, and ascending branches terminated 



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OAK GROWING AMONG YELLOW PINES. 



with glossy, bottle-brush tassels. At middle age, 

 certain limbs are specialized and pushed far out for 

 the bearing of cones, after the manner of the Sugar 

 Pine ; and in old age these branches droop and cast 

 about in every direction, giving rise to very pic 

 turesque effects. The trunk becomes deep brown 

 and rough, like that of the Mountain Pine, while 



