232 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
most ornamental group, with tall to medium-sized trees, tufts of long, 
soft, dark green needles with a whitish cast, five in a sheath, long, pen- 
Fic. 72.—- Corean Pine Pinus Koraiensis S. & Z. 
dent cones, and a habit of growth more nearly like the spruce, preserv- 
ing their conical form into old age; indeed, there is hardly an awkward 
stage discernible. They are rapid growers and somewhat shade-endur- 
