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PINUS PINEA at Dunglass, East Lothian. 



By Commander Norman, R.N. 



Read at the Dunglass Meeting, 20th September igo^. 



Pinus pinea, the 8tone Pine, or Umbrella Pine, a native 

 of Italy and the Mediterranean, is a well-known ingredient in 

 Italian and Sicilian paintings and photographs. 



In the neighbourhood of Rome are many fine and inter- 

 esting specimens, from 60 to 75 feet high, which always 

 atti'act the attention of visitors. The species was introduced 

 into Britain in the middle of the 16th century, but owing 

 to its tender constitution is only to be met with in favoured 

 situations in the South, and then rarely exceeding and not 

 often attaining 30 feet in height. Adult specimens in 



