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LAWN AND SHADE TR EES . 
The Calabrian Pine. Pinus brutia. — This is an exceedingly 
rare and very beautiful variety, resembling tbe Austrian, but 
with somewhat longer leaves, each of which presents a twisted 
wavy character, and a shade of green half way between the 
Corsican and Austrian in color. In its original native land — the 
mountains of Calabria — it grows to a height of seventy to one 
Fig. 33.— Calabrian Pine. 
hundred feet, and judging from specimens we have seen here, it 
promises even to surpass its native height. For positions singly 
upon broad open lawns, or to crown some headland point, it 
has the characteristics of form, color, and broad majestic state- 
liness to make its use very effective. 
