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1887. That year the foliage was very scanty and poor. In 

 1888 the shoots of the previous year had died, and the 

 tree was ahnost leafless. In 1889 the foliage had consider- 

 ably improved, in 1890 it was healthy-looking and fair in 

 amount, and in 1891 was quite thick. The progressive im- 

 provement in girth-increase, from zero in 1888 to 1 inch in 

 1891, is in correspondence with the improvement of the 

 foliafje. 



No. 68. Abies Boicglasii. Girthed 5"40 inches at 3 feet 

 above ground in spring 1887, when it was transplanted. 

 The foliage has been thin, shabby, and at times sickly-looking, 

 and the new shoots very short, till 1890, when a general im- 

 provement took place, but it fell off again in 1891, and is 

 apparently dying. Its girth- increase in 1891 fell to 010. 



The retardation here can be estimated by comparison with 

 two trees of the same species and of about the same age, 

 which each increased almost an inch in 1887. 



No. 66. Abies Do^ujlasii. A healthy young tree, densely 

 clothed with foliage to the ground in spring 1887, and 6"50 

 inches in girth at 5 feet above ground, transplanted in 

 autumn of the same year. It fell off much in appearance 

 afterwards, and the new shoots of 1888 and 1889 were short. 

 It did not regain a well-clothed appearance till 1891, but its 



