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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



AUSTRIAN OR BLACK PINE — PIXUS AUSTRIACA. 



THE AXrSTRIA lT OR BLACK PDTE. 



This beautiful and Lardy evergreen was intro- 

 duced into England in 1835, and is now more ex- 

 tensively propagated there than any other foreign 

 pine. It is perfectly hardy here, and has been ex- 

 tensively planted. It well deserves its popularity. 

 No grounds are complete without it. The annexed 

 engraving is taken from a beautiful specimen grow- 

 ing in this city. The artist has hardly done it 

 justice. The most striking peculiarity of the tree 

 is that the branches are produced in regular whorls, 

 at first inclined upward toward the trunk, then 

 spreading horizontally, and finally drooping at the 

 extremity. In full grown trees, the top becomes 

 flat and spreading to a great extent. The bark of 

 the shoots of the current year is of a greenish yel- 

 low, regularly and deeply raised by the insertion 

 of the leaves, lurrowed, and shining. 



The Austrian pine prefers a do"- <'—• oaVo-o-^'jo 



