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In the next triangle between converging paths are three native 

 white pines, P. Strobus. Five more skirt the main path along the 

 road beyond the triangle. To the east of the first of these five 

 stands a Japanese "White-Pine and above it are the two veteran 

 native white pines already referred to. It is very obvious here 

 how different this tree appears in old age as compared with the 

 younger specimens below it. Behind the last native white pine 

 along the road stands another Japanese White- Pine above which 

 on top of the mound is another similar specimen of the same kind. 

 The remaining four low and bushy evergreens beyond along the 

 path are 



Pinus parviflora, the Japanese White-Pine 



This is the dwarfed form of those we have just passed. It was 

 mentioned at the very beginning of our study in this Section. 

 Above the last of these low plants and near the edge of the hard- 

 wood thicket the slender evergreen is Pinus parviflora var. penta- 

 phylla, the wild form of the Japanese White-Pine and the same 

 as the three we have just passed and the one back with the Swiss 

 Stone-Pines. There has been some discussion concerning the rela- 

 tion of these two forms in an effort to determine whether one is 

 a variety of the other and if so which is which. It matters little 

 to us, however, and we may safely consider either one of them as 

 a variety of the other. # 



Above the last of these at the edge of the woods, is another 

 Japanese White- Pine. 



Section 2 



Section 2 of the Pines lies on the western side of the Central 

 Drive through the Garden which separates it from Section 1, and 

 south of the cross road in front of the Museum (Map p. 7). To 

 reach it from the end of Section 1, go a bit southward along the 

 main road and follow its first bend to the right. A little beyond 

 the triangle at the junction of the roads and on the south side 

 of the drive in front of the Museum we see a path that branches 

 to the right and to the left over the knoll. We shall follow the left- 

 hand branch and consider the pines between this path and the main 

 road, in other words, the trees on our left. 



