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On account of the poor quality of the timber and its smaller 

 yield per acre, the pitch pine is not an especially desirable 

 species. 



SCOTCH PINE (Pinus sylvestris). 



This is a foreign tree and resembles the Norway pine in appear- 

 ance, but its foliage is somewhat bluer and its bark redder. It is 

 native throughout Europe where several varieties are dis- 

 tinguished and is common in Sweden and Russia. In the Vosges 

 Mountains of Eastern France it reaches an elevation of 2700 

 feet, 1 and in the Maritime Alps and the Pyrenees an elevation 

 of 6000 feet. In its native haunts it attains a height of 120 feet 



Fig. 6. A 7-year-old plantation of Scotch pine on sandy soil. 



and a diameter of from three to five feet. In America it has been 

 extensively planted, generally with success. The largest plan- 

 tations in the East are those on the New York state lands near 

 Saranac Lake. 



Although it will grow on the driest and most acid soils, as well 



1 D. Cannon, "Semer et Planter." Paris, 1894. 



