<-cir,i)i;p,d.~ "Within each of these large plots, small 

 plo'tb ot ow>y a few square yards should be located, on which 

 minute examination should be made of all the vegetation. 

 By locating a series of such large and small plots on old 

 cuttings, the progress of natural reproduction under different 

 methods of cutting may be traced. 



Recommends Plots of Ground Planted to Different Kinds of 



Pine. 



"There are a number of commercially valuable species 

 which climatically are well adapted to this region. A sys- 

 tematic effort shorlrl be made of introducing the important 

 species at the station. The introduction of the species should 

 b made by the planting of well-developed stock and not by 

 sowing. The species should be purchased from commercial 

 nurseries. The planting should be done in the fall or spring. 



"The following species should be planted at the station in 

 small plots, 40x40, each plot containing 100 trees: Scotch 

 Pine, Douglas Fir, both Pacific and Rocky Mountain forms; 

 Norway Spruce, Yellow Pine, Western White Pine, Engel- 

 mann Spruce, Sitka Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Western Red 

 Cedar, White Spruce, Noble Fir, Anabalis Fir, and White Fir. 

 Arrangements should be made with the U. S. Forest Service 

 far in advance for small quantities of these species, which 

 can be planted this fall. These plantations since the object 

 of them is to introduce the species should be given the 

 greatest care possible. 



"A species which, on account of its possibilities on the poor 

 Jack Pine land, deserves considerable attention, is the Scotch 

 Pine. The experience gained from planting Scotch Pine on 

 the poor sandy soil in Michigan showed that it is probably 

 the species to grow. The great drawback with the ordinary 

 Scotch Pine is that it is apt to be crooked, and not to yield 

 on that account timber of high commercial value. It has 

 been experimentally shown that the seed secured from the 

 Baltic provinces, the so-called 'Riga' variety, produces straight 

 poles and high-grade lumber. The Forest Service has secured 

 considerable quantities of this Scotch Pine from the Rus- 

 sian Government, and promised to furnish sufficient seed for 

 raising a large quantity of stock of this variety for planting 



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