392 Forestry Quarterly. 



and a table prepared showing the average rate of growth in di- 

 ameter, omitting the badly suppressed trees, since these will not 

 be left. 



TABLE IV. 



Growth in Diameter of Longleaf Pine for Twenty Years. 

 Tyler County, Texas. 



This rate of growth is not nearly as rapid as that of shortleaf 

 or loblolly on old fields or even in the forest, but it is all that 

 can be expected of longleaf, grown in the forest. No allowance 

 is made for possible increase as a result of thinning, so the actual 

 growth will from this cause probably be greater than shown. 



