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PLANTING OF WHITE PINE IN NEW ENGLAND. 



cases as much as 6 feet in height growth has been lost thereby. Fifty 

 per cent of the red pine is from 12 to 15 feet in height and from 2.7 

 to 4.4 inches in diameter, while of the white pine more than 50 per 

 cent is from 15 to 19 feet in height and from 4 to 5.2 inches in diam- 

 eter. In other words, in white pine the greatest number of trees are 

 midway between the extremes of height and diameter, whereas in the 

 red pine the majority are toward the smaller sizes; only 22 per cent 

 of the trees are more than 18 feet in height and more than 5.1 inches 

 in diameter. The relative growth of the two species in this planta- 

 tion does not hold good for other parts of New England, where the 

 red pine steadily outgrows the white, as subsequent tables will show. 



TABLE 4. Growth of planted white pine, East Greenwich, R. L 

 PLANTATION OF H. G. RUSSELL. 



[Based on 439 trees 23 years planted.] 



