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THE CHILI PINE. 



land, is rather a singular than a beautiful tree, 

 giving a foreign air to every place where it is 

 planted, but not possessing elegance of form. 

 On the steep rocky ridges of the South American 



BRANCH OF CHILI PINE. 



mountains, it would seem to be no less majestic 

 than singular. When we arrived at the first 

 Araucarias the sun had just set; still some time 

 remained for their examination. What first struck 



