57. 
THE STONE PINE. 
Pinus pinea. 
Puate 8, Fie. 1. 
Xo42sIGHER though it is in Greece and 
aN Italy than in Britain, the Stone 
Pine is amongst the least imposing 
of coniferous Trees. With us, itis 
often little more than a tall shrub, 
el although it sometimes grows to a 
A * height of thirty feet; but in Greece it 
é is frequently as high as sixty feet. It 
- has a trunk, clear of branches in its lower 
part, but a spreading head which has suggested 
for it the common name of the Umbrella Pine. 
The evergreen leaves of this species are similar to 
those of the Pinaster, but are not solong. They 
