BATE OF GROWTH OF SHORTLEAF PINE. 

 Table IV.— Bate uf growth of Sliorthaf Fine. 



101 



HEIGHT 

 IN FEET. 

 81. 



7li 



67!--- 



I 

 60 1 



i 

 I 



51^- 



I 

 I 



41 



I 



I 



27' 



20 

 YRS. 



z.zi; 



CURFT. 



30 

 YEARS. 



40 

 YEARS. 



50 

 YEARS. 



;CUB.FT^ 



/ 



60 

 YEARS. 



// / // //y 



<CUB,FT./ 



70 

 YEARS. 



UB.FT 



Pt5.2t7.4-t-9.3-fll.0--f-l2.7--i-- l4.3---t-l6.Q— f-l6.5- -i 



k—- 

 I 



7.0- 



DIAMETERS 

 IN INCHES. 



Fiii. 11. -drowlli of Shurtkaf Pine: neight, diameter, and cuhic content,"! of average trees at 10, 20, etc., years of age. 



OONDII'IONS OF DEVELOPMENT. 



<Vo/7 (tnd ell with:— Tim Slioitleal' Tine preiVis a well-draiued, light sandy or gravelly clay soil 

 or warm loam, even if delicicnt in the elements of plant food. Soils of thi.s character which aie 

 found widely prevailing over the undulating or broken uplands, if only of sufiicienfc depth, will 

 produce this tree in greatest perfection. It avoids the strongly calcareous and the rich alluvial 

 soils, as well as purely silicious, being dependent on the presence of a certain amount of clay by 

 which tlie mechanical condition of the .soil is inqa-oved, rendering it more compact and more 



