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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



The Calabrian Pine. Pinus brutia. This is an exceedingly 

 rare and very beautiful variety, resembling the Austrian, but 

 with somewhat longer leaves, each of which presents a twisted 

 wavy character, and a shade of green half way between the 

 Corsican and Austrian in color. In its original native land the 

 mountains of Calabria it grows to a height of seventy to one 



Fig. 33. Calabrian Pine. 



hundred feet, and judging from specimens we have seen here, it 

 promises even to surpass its native height. For positions singly 

 upon broad open lawns, or to crown some headland point, it 

 has the characteristics of form, color, and broad majestic state- 

 liness to make its use very effective. 



