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Bhotau pine (Pinuti excelsa). It presents sucli pictu- 

 resque open masses, and the leaves are so long and deli- 

 cately green that the 

 eye dwells on its 

 \'aried outlines wth 

 exceeding pleasure. 



Then there is the 

 Swiss stone jiine 

 (P. cembra), bluish- 

 green, and extremely 

 striking in winter, 

 as well as extremely 

 hardy. Among the 

 d\varf pines such 

 forms are noteworthy 

 as the dark muglius 

 and mughus compact a, 

 tlie finely tinted light- 

 hlue dwarf white 

 pine, and the more 

 yellow and rounder dwarf Scotch. Mitghus unchiata is also 

 striking, and, although dwarf, quite erect in haliit. The 

 large-growing pines massed in the background among the 

 other large spruces are peculiarly varied in color and form, 

 and often very beautiful, laden with snow and ice. Dark, 

 massive Austrian pines should have their forms displayed 

 somewhat more prominently than the I'est, while the deli- 

 cate-hued and more sparsely-branched white pines should 

 be grouped directly with the Norway spruces, foi- the sake 

 of artistic breadth coml)ine<l witli interesting variety. 



CEDAR OF LEBANON. 



(CEORUS LIBANI.) 



