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survival are about what might be expected after considering 

 Table II and Table III. 



In the Harvard white pine plantation the stock used was three 

 year transplants. In the Brooks plantation, two and three year 

 seedlings were used. As has been explained, the site conditions 

 were not exactly similar ; but they were sufficiently so to indicate 

 broadly the relative values of transplant and seedling stock. The 

 figures for trees in the open, without root competition or stones, 

 follow : 



Place. 



Stock. 

 (White Pine.) 



Harvard plantation, 3 yr. transplants, 



2 yr. seedlings, 

 Brooks plantation, 3 yr. seedlings,* 



3 yr. seedlings,! 



*0n cut over land with heavy litter. 

 fOn old sticking-ground, light sod. 



It is possible to give only one other good comparison on this 

 question of stock. If we take as the conditions some high shade, 

 no low shade, no root competition, and no stones, we secure the 

 following figures : 



Place. 



Harvard plantation. 

 Brooks plantation, 



Stock. 



3 yr. transplants, 

 2 yr. seedlings. 



Number. 

 291 



Per cent- 

 Alive. 



86 

 69 



With the weather conditions as they were in Petersham in 

 1912, the use of seedling stock resulted in the loss of about 20% 

 more of the trees than where transplant stock was used. The 

 small numbers involved and minor variations in planting sites 

 make it unwise to draw any conclusions as to the relative values 

 of two years seedlings and three year seedlings. Neither of 

 them gave a high enough percentage of survival in the open to 

 establish a desirable stand. 



The small 1912 Scotch pine plantation on the Harvard Forest, 

 and the still smaller red oak plantation were inspected as well as 

 the white pine area. Both of these small plantations were in a 

 remarkably good condition, considering the circumstances. 



