An Old Chinese Pistache, Pistacia chinensis. 
Near view of the enormous trunk of a Chinese pistache 
tree, measuring 16 feet in circumference, showing the size 
this species will reach. This Is possibly one of the 
largest specimens in existence and is doubtless several 
centuries old. Trees of this species are now growing sat- 
isfactorily in various places in the United States. An 
avenue of them was planted at the Chico, Calif., Garden in 
1911. Photograph taken by Mr. P. N. Meyer at Tsai chia pu, 
Shensi, China, September 9, 1914. (Neg. No. P13155FS.) 
