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from the standpoint of beauty of landscape. Interest in horti- 

 culture and the care of woodlands. 



Treatment. In 1905 the government laid out four sample 

 plots, numbered and measured the diameters of all the trees in 

 each plot, and most of the suppressed trees were removed. The 

 total numbers of trees removed (compare following lists of data) 

 were as follows : 



Plot No. 1, " 1 



Plot No. 2, 73 



Plot No. 3, . . . . '. 46 



Plot No. 4, . . ' . 32 



A record of the data taken in 1905 was loaned by the United 

 States Forest Service in Washington and compared with 

 measurements made in 1914. For convenience in obtaining 

 board measure, trees whose diameters fell over or under the 

 half-inch division of the rule were recorded to the nearest inch. 

 No height measurements were made in 1905. The heights for 

 that date have therefore been estimated at 5 feet below the 

 measurements for 1914. It is believed that this is a conserva- 

 tive estimate. 



Sample Plot No. 1 (Government Plot No. 4) 



Area, J4 acre; age, forty-three years. 



