POEEST TEEES 



States should be noticed for their pic- 

 turesqueness. The Cuban pine is re- 

 stricted to isolated tracts in the region 

 of the Gulf and eastern Georgia. The 

 loblolly pine and the longleaf pine, near 

 relatives of the Cuban pine, cover ex- 

 tensive tracts in low, level regions of 

 the Southern States, and are most in- 

 teresting in old age. Standing, it may 

 be, on a sandy plain not far from the 

 sea, among straggling palmettos, they 

 lift their ample crowns well up on their 

 tall, straight stems, and contort their 

 branches into surprising forms ; so that, 

 looMng through their crowns at a dis- 

 tance in the dry, hazy air of the South, 

 with possibly a red sunset sky for a 

 background, they are extremely fan- 

 tastic and entertaining. 



There are two other pines that have 

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