106 A Parasite Tree. 
Art. XV.—A Parasite Tree; by Geo. W. Lone, Lieut. 4th. 
Regt., U. S. Artillery. 
TO THE EDITOR. 
Sir.—I have recently, on a visit to Mr. Gee’s plantation three 
miles south of Quincy, Gadsden county, in this territory, observed 
a natural curiosity, the following description of which may be inte- 
resting to you and many of the 
readers of the American Journal 
of Arts and Science. 
“It is a yellow pine tree bearing 
another in a perfectly healthful 
and flourishing state, like itself 
and those in the woods around 
them. ‘The trees, as represented 
in this sketch, are united about 
thirty five feet from the ground, 
where they entwine around each 
other. The one that is borne, 
(marked <A,) extends down, to 
within about two feet of the'ground, 
and is alive and healthful to its 
lowest extremity. 
These trees have been, in the 
condition in which they now are, 
for a period longer back than the 
first settlement of the country by 
the present population. They 
were pointed out by the Indians as 
a curiosity to the first Americans 
who came to Florida. The stump of the tree which is borne, nee 
long since disappeared, and the place which it occupied, is now grown 
up in small bushes and grass. 
Tallahasse, Florida, Oct. 26, 1833. 
It would be desirable, to know the diameter of each of the trees, 
both near the ground, and at the point where they embrace.— Ed. 
