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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



The Russian Pine. Pinusrigensis. This is a variety claimed 

 by some writers to be so like unto the Scotch Pine P. sijlvestria 

 as not to be worthy of rank as a species. Trees, however, 

 that we have imported and grown are so entirely different from 

 that variety, that we must claim it deserving a special rank. 

 The tree is of about as rapid growth as tt e Austrian, with its 



Fig. 30. The Russian Pine. 



limbs and branches more loose and open or longer spaced, while 

 its foliage is more in tufts, much longer than the Austrian, and 

 of a lighter more yellowish green, very bright and clear. It is 

 nearer to Benthamiana than any other variety with which we 

 have had opportunity to compare it. In groups or masses with 

 the Scotch, Corsican, and Austrian, it forms yet another shade, 



