TREES TO PLANT 



Loughnow Estate, where it has been planted 

 regularly for forty years." Similar experi- 

 ences could be related from other estates, as 

 at Penrhyn Castle, in Wales, where it is tower- 

 ing 20 feet above the other trees with which 

 it was planted along the base of the Snowdon 

 range of hills. For replanting ground where 

 other species have died out the Corsican has 

 been found invaluable. The timber is of fair 

 quality, but has been tried to no great extent 

 in this country; rather over-resinous, but 

 strong, tough, and elastic. 



To sum up, three very pronounced features 

 of the Corsican pine for afforesting waste lands 

 are: 



1. The upright, towering habit. 



2. The well-rounded and gradually taper- 

 ing trunk. 



3. The narrow outline and absence of heavy 

 branches. 



The Weymouth pine has thriven well in 

 several parts of the country, but is somewhat 

 fastidious about soil. In some parts of 

 Surrey the Weymouth has done remarkably 



