738 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
branches is according t<> nature. 1 book a point abont L50fee1 southwest of the tree, 
bo as to separate all of the branches, The height is abont 100 feet ; the height of 
trunk before it begins to branch, 12 feet : circumference at I feel above gronnd, 10 
feet : at 2 feel above gronnd, 10 feet U inches. The spread of the top is 35 or 40 feet. 
Fig. 257.— A giant pine, deformed by the weevil. Vose del. 
Looked at sideways the tree is not so symmetrical. The sketch is just as I made it 
on the ground. I thought I would not work over it at home, as I might change it 
by so doing. 
Very truly, as ever, 
Geo. L. Vosk. 
