FOREST TREES 
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, 
looking 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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