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artists, and the underlying pictures destroyed by a chemical 

 process, leaving only the drawings. 



Fig. I. Lapland. Near the northern limit of conifers. Lat. 68 '1° N. 

 Height above sea-level, 1476 ft. Old ; grown free, amongst birch 

 trees. Photographed by Henrik Hesselmann, Stockholm. 

 Fig. 2. Sweden, Da lame. About lat. 61° N. Over 150 years old ; height 

 81 ft., diameter 18 ins. Grown free on the forest boundary. 

 Photo bj- Henrik Hesselmann. 

 Fig. 3. Nortvay, Hakedals Varks Skoge. Lat. 60" N. Height above sea- 

 level, 984 ft.; about 135 years old; height 85^ ft., diameter 

 12 ins. ; standard. The old forest grew from natural reproduc- 

 tion. Photo by Wilhelin Kildal. 

 Livonia, district of Pernan. Lat. 58° N. Considerably over lOO 

 years old ; height 98 ft., diameter 25 ins. Grown in a pine and 

 spruce selection and natural forest. 

 Bavarian Alps, Mottkopf. 3610 ft. above sea-level. Lat. 47° 35' N. 

 Over 100 years old ; grown free ; subject to snow. Photo by 

 Lccsch, Government Director. 

 IVuertembiirg Blackforest, Calinhach. Lat. 48^ 45' N. Over lOO 



years old ; standard left. Photo by Hang, forest officer. 



South France, Auvergne near Alurat. Lat. 45° N., long. 3° 5' E. 



Height above sea-level, 3281 ft. ; over 100 years old. One of first 



magnitude ; grown in an open forest. Photo by Dr P. K. Schott. 



Kur-Hesse, Wolfgang near Hanau. Lat. 50° 8' N. 1 30 years old ; 



standard. Photo by Fenner, forstmeister. 

 Scotland, Lnverness-shire. Lat. 57° 30' N., long 6° W. Very old. 

 Height about 72 ft., diameter about 35 J ins. Photo by Fraser 

 Story. 



Figs. 10 to 20 are all from photos taken by Dr G. A. Kienitz, the son of 

 the researcher and author, in the forest circle Chorin in the Mark- 

 Brandenburg, Prussia. Lat. 53° N., long. 19° E. Height above 

 sea-level, 164 ft. 



Fig. 10. Represents a tree 140 years old, 82 ft. high, with a diameter of 



18 ins.; selected standard. Grown in fairly open forest. Pine 



soil, Class in. 

 Fig. II. Shows a pine tree 150 years old, 67 ft. high, with a diameter of 



23^ ins. Grown in the open, near to south boundary of a beech 



forest. Pine soil, Class H. 

 Fig. 12. Exhibits a tree 150 years old, 87 ft. high, with a diameter of 



33 ins. Grown near and under similar conditions to the one 



depicted in Fig. 11. 

 Fig. 13. Depicts a tree 140 years old, with a height of 63 ft. and a diameter 



of 27^ ins. Grown in the open, on the eastern border of an 



equi-aged pine forest. Pine soil, Class HL 

 Fig. 14. Shows a tree 140 years old, with a height of 79 ft. and a diameter 



of 24! ins. Grown under the same conditions as those of Fig. 13. 



