12 PLANTING OF WHITE PINE IN NEW ENGLAND. 



Greenfield Hill, Conn., 30 acres of white pine and European larch, 

 owned by Mrs. Frederick Brunson. 



Moultonboro, N. H., 75 acres of white pine, owned by Mr. Isaac 

 Adams. 



Bridge water, Mass., 50 acres of white pine, owned by Mr. George 

 Wilbur, and 30 acres of white pine, owned by Hon. Augustus Pratt. 



South Orleans, Mass. , 40 acres of white pine, owned by Mr. John 

 Kendrick. 



Monaskon, Va. , 300 acres of catalpa, chestnut, white pine, locust, 

 etc. , owned by Mr. Burnet Landreth. 



All of these plantations are more than 15 years old, except that of 

 Gen. Paul A. Oliver, which has been planted within the last five years. 



The plantations here considered are among the most important in 

 the East, and present features of peculiar interest in a study of the 

 growth of white pine under various conditions. 



PLANTATION OF MB. H. G. RUSSELL, EAST GREENWICH, R. I. 



HISTORY. 



The estate of Mr. Russell lies across the cove from East Greenwich, 

 Kent County, R. I., at the head of Greenwich Bay. The forested part 

 of the estate consists of 150 acres of flat or gently undulating sandy 

 stretches of land lying along the shore. Twenty -seven years ago a 

 large portion of this was bare drifting sand, in places covered with 

 scattered cedar and scrub oak. A strip 8 to 20 rods wide and several 

 miles long has been planted to forest trees, with the result that instead 

 of a desolate waste there is now a beautiful forest park. The forest 

 extends to the cliff on the south shore of Greenwich Ba} T and cove, 

 and is in a most exposed situation, facing north and east. 



In 1877 the work was begun by planting several acres with white 

 pine, once-transplanted stock, which cost $4.50 per 1,000. Between 

 1877 and 1891 there were planted 150 acres to white, red, Scotch, and 

 Austrian pines, European larch, white and Norwa} T spruces, red fir, 

 hardy catalpa, white, red, pin, and scarlet oaks, and ailanthus. A large 

 area was planted to 6-inch white pine seedlings, 1,200 to the acre, 

 which cost $6 per 1,000, or $7.20 per acre. The planting raised the 

 cost to about $10. The greater outlay required for seedlings of this 

 size was justified by the fact that the object was primarily to secure 

 protection and embellishment of the property, the eventual profit from 

 lumbering being a secondary consideration. (See PI. II, fig. 2, and 

 PL III.) 



OBJECTS. 



The objects of Mr. Russell in planting were: 



(1) To seclude his grounds from the town of East Greenwich, which 

 lies j ust across the cove. 



