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Standing straight up, making shoots of 12 ins. to 15 ins. per 

 annum, and even the suppressed ones are as green and fresh 

 as when first planted, having green branches almost to the 

 ground, the buds and main leader being healthy. And this 

 notwithstanding that some of them have made only 9 feet of 

 height-growth in 36 years, with a girth of 4I ins. at 3 ft. 

 Now that the pinasters and Scots pines are getting bare and 

 open, these suppressed Corsicans are beginning to shoot up, and 

 one can trace the growths gradually lengthening year by year. 



J^o. 2. — A plantation of Scots and Corsican pines planted 

 on a very steep hillside, about 36 years ago. An even mixture, 

 in strips 12 feet wide across the face of the hill, leaving 

 12 feet unplanted between the strips, a custom which used 

 to be common here. The planting was done for shooting 

 purposes, and not for timber — the result is instructive. The 

 Corsicans average 50 feet in height, with a girth of 21 J inches 

 at 5^ feet The Scots average 40 feet in height, with a girth 

 of 17 inches at 5^" feet. The Scots are dying off, while the 

 Corsicans are still in full vigour, making growths of 2 to 2|- feet 

 per annum. The original planting distance was 4 feet by 4 feet, 

 but many of the Scots have died out, leaving the distances 

 irregular. Had the ground been planted solid instead of in 

 strips, I am certain the Corsicans would have done even better. 



A'o. J. — A flat common, at one time under cultivation, with two 

 small clumps of Scots and Corsican pines planted side by side, 

 not mixed. These were originally planted as close as 18 inches, 

 and the result is remarkable ; they each occupy an area of 

 about 300 sq. yards. Planted 35 years ago, the Scots average 

 30 feet in height, and 22 inches in circumference at 5^ feet. 

 They now average 7^- feet apart, or 842 trees to the acre, and 

 I have calculated the number of cub. feet per acre to be 

 3165 of measurable timber. The Corsicans average 40 feet 

 in height, and 27 inches in girth at 5^ feet. Average distance 

 apart 6| feet, 932 trees, and 5243 cub. feet of measurable timber 

 to the acre. At 6d. per cub. foot, this means an annual 

 gross return of ^3, 14s. per acre. The most remarkable circum- 

 stance is the present condition of both clumps. The Scots pines 

 are nearly all in a dying condition, covered with dead snags, 

 their leaders being all gone; while the Corsicans are still in 

 the vigour of youth, and are cleaning their stems beautifully, 

 some of the stems nearly touching and growing side by side 



