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PLANTING OF WHITE PINE IN NEW ENGLAND, 



years ago and are now fairly open. In the plantation of Mr. Wood a 

 strip 12 by 198 feet, extending throughout a representative portion 

 of the grove, was laid off, and all the young pines were counted. (See 

 below, Plat I.) The ground covered consists of about 3 inches of pine 

 needles. Most of the plantation of Mr. Adams is still too dense to 

 allow of reproduction; but a spot containing 1.5 square rods, where an 

 opening allowed partial sunlight, was selected for a count, with the 

 results given below. This represents the part where reproduction is 

 best. There is a good mat of pine needles, in some places covered 

 with moss. The number of seedlings, with their ages, was found to 

 be as follows: 



TABLE 15. Reproduction of white pine planted forest, Bridgewater, Mass. 



At Plymouth, Mass. , the late Nathaniel Morton encouraged natural 

 reproduction in an old pine grove by removing the scrubby oak which 

 had followed annual fires. Reproduction counts made on blocks one- 

 half rod by 60 rods in representative portions gave the following 

 results: 



TABLE 16. Reproduction of white pine, Plymouth, Mass. 



