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2d. Those groves are all planted on dry hillsides 

 covered with chaparral, and therefore are liable to 

 be swept by fire. 



3d. There are no seedlings or saplings in or about 

 the living groves, but there is always a fine, hopeful 

 crop springing up on the ground once occupied by 



LOWER MARGIN OF THE MAIN PINE BELT, SHOWING OPEN 

 CHARACTER OF WOODS. 



any grove that has been destroyed by the burning 

 of the chaparral. 



4th. The cones never fall off and never discharge 

 their seeds until the tree or branch to which they 

 belong dies. 



A full discussion of the bearing of these facts 

 upon one another would perhaps be out of place 

 here, but I may at least call attention to the ad 

 mirable adaptation of the tree to the fire-swept re- 



