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MuGHO Pine (584) — Pinus montina Mtighus, — which is always a low 

 spreading shrub with crooked gnarled stems and branches. The rigid 

 leaves are in twos, 1 to 3 inches 

 long, iilclosed in a much wrinkled 

 sheath | inch long. The cones are 



Fig. 584. — Mugho Pine. 



Fig. 585.— Dwarf White Pine. 



ovoid, 1 to 2 inches long, nearly ter- 

 minal to the branches. This moun- 

 tain pine grows to the height of 2 to 

 5 (rarely 10) feet, but spreads so as 

 to be broader than high. It is an ex- 

 cellent plant for the lavra. 



Besides this pine with stiff leaves 

 two together in a cluster, there are 

 a few dwarf forms of the White Pine 

 — Piniis Strbbus — with rather soft 

 leaves five together in elongated 

 .sheaths. The finest of these is prob- 

 ably Dwarf White Pine (585) , var. 

 brevifblia, also called ntoa. It is a 

 dwarf cushion-shaped little bush 

 rarely over 4 feet high but spreading 

 out in a broad flat compact tuft of 

 glossy green spray. This is splendid 

 for the lawn. 



[Seeds ; twig cuttings.] 



Fig. 586. — Gregory's Dwarf Spruce. 



