CHRISTMAS TREES 



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shifting and break- 

 ing up, and is 

 planted for this pur- 

 pose along the coast 

 of the Landes and 

 in other parts of 

 the world. 



A still better- 

 known pine, which, 

 like those already 

 mentioned, has its 

 needles in pairs, is 

 the stone pine 

 (Pinus pinea), called 

 by the French Pin 

 de parasol and by 

 the Italians Pino a 

 pinocchi. This fine 

 tree (usually bigger 

 than the Pinaster) 

 has been largely 

 planted in Italy on 

 account of its pic- 

 turesque appear- 

 ance. This is the 

 tree which one sees 

 so often in Turner's 

 landscapes. The 

 needles are 5 to 6 

 inches long, and the 

 cones are very large 

 and almost spheri- 

 cal, being often 5 

 inches long and 4 



FIG. 39. Female Cone of the Pinaster, or Mari- 

 time Pine (Pinus pinaster). Drawn of the 

 natural size from a Bournemouth specimen. 



