Bui. 24, Div of Forestry, U. S Dept. of Agr. 



PLATE XXII. 



SUCKERS, OR SPROUTS, FROM THE TRUNK AND BRANCHES OF A PITCH PINE. 

 SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 



A year before the picture was taken a forest fire passed over this place and burned to the 

 top of the tree, destroying^ all the needles ; yet, the tree was not killed, although 

 scarcely any other kind could have survived. It put out a vigoious growth of suckers, 

 and it still has a chance for life. Such examples are common throughout the burnt 

 parts of southern New Jersey, where large and vigorous sprouts from the roots of trees 

 of this species which have been killed to the ground by fire are very frequent. 



