GIRDLED TREES. 



That girdled pines can live for years has been more than once 

 demonstrated. (See U. S. Forestry Division, Bulletin 22, White 

 Pine.) 



Mr. W. B. Barrows furnishes an example of a Loblolly Pine 

 found in Worcester county, Md., girdled in April, 1906, and photo- 

 graphed in June, 1910. Note increase in diameter above the cut: 

 at the lower white dot the diameter is 10 inches, and at the upper 

 it is II inches. This tree was still living in 1910 but had a thin 

 crown bearing many cones, several hundred at least. The tree at 

 the left had a much denser crown but bore only 4 cones. The 

 soil is a loamy sand. The water table is about 6 or 8 feet below 

 the surface. 



