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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 
The Russian Pine. Finns rigensis . — This is a variety claimed 
by some writers to be so like unto the Scotch Pine — P. sylvestris 
— as not to be worthy of rank as a species. Trees, however, 
that we have imported and grown are so entirely different from 
that variety, that we must claim it deserving a special rank. 
The tree is of about as rapid growth as the Austrian, with its 
Fig. 30.— The Russian Pine. 
limbs and branches more loose and open or longer spaced, while 
its foliage is more in tufts, much longer than the Austrian, and 
of a lighter more yellowish green, very bright and clear. It is 
nearer to Benthamiana than any other variety with which we 
have had opportunity to compare it. In groups or masses with 
the Scotch, Corsican, and Austrian, it forms yet another shade. 
