. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. WHAT THE COUNTRY LOOKS LIKE !3 though they have also a look of the Scotch pine and are actually in their natural relationship allied to the cypress. Their trunks are straight and the outer bark is often bleached white ; the wood is the tint of a cedar pencil. The foliage which on the older trees grows in scant tufts (leaving a huge white skeleton of sprawling branches) on the younger trees is abundant, bluish-green. ON MLANJE MOUNTAIN below an
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. WHAT THE COUNTRY LOOKS LIKE !3 though they have also a look of the Scotch pine and are actually in their natural relationship allied to the cypress. Their trunks are straight and the outer bark is often bleached white ; the wood is the tint of a cedar pencil. The foliage which on the older trees grows in scant tufts (leaving a huge white skeleton of sprawling branches) on the younger trees is abundant, bluish-green. ON MLANJE MOUNTAIN below and the dark, sombre green of the fir tree above. The extremities of each branch have a pretty upward curl. Much of the undergrowth of these cedar woods is a smaller species of Widdringtonia with a lighter green foliage, most gracefully pendent and starlike in each cluster of needles. Oh ! the deep satisfying peace of these cedar woods. The air is thick with the odour of their wholesome resin. The ground at our feet is a springy. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. New York, Edward Arnold
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