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The lowest limbs are the longest, as they have 

 further to go to reach the level of the others, for 

 the head of this Pine is nearly flat, and the 

 branching and arrangements are very similar to the 

 umbellate form of inflorescence. The whole form 

 of the tree is more or less round, and the limbs 

 are divided on the same plan as the trunk, and 

 the branches on the same plan as the limbs. 

 The bark is seamed and very rugged, and the 

 whole aspect of the tree is handsome. The elegant 

 appearance of the long, fleshy, needle-shaped 

 leaves, inserted, in twos, in short, brown sheaths, 

 adds to the beauty of the Stone Pine. Another 

 peculiarity is that the leaves are produced not all 

 along the sides of the twigs, but in tufts at the 

 end of the spray. The trunk, after giving off 

 large and even ponderous limbs, sometimes con- 

 tinues to rise in a more or less erect manner, 

 dividing finally into limbs, branches, twigs, and 

 spray, in the same manner as before. Gilpin has 

 much to say of the Stone Pine. He takes it into 

 consideration next the Cedar of Lebanon. ' The 

 Stone Pine,' he remarks, ' promises little in its 

 infancy in point of picturesque beauty. It does 



