PROPAGATION OF WHITE PINE 



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Figure 2. Rooted Cuttings of White Pine 

 at ttie End of Their Second Growing Season in the Field. 



leader in their third season (15). Rooted cuttings of Monterey pine quickly grew 

 into straight and well-formed trees, but rooted cuttings of western yellow pine 

 and of white pine grew more slowly and when they were five years old, one in- 

 vestigator was still uncertain as to whether or not they were going to develop 

 into straight trees (17). 



Cuttings of white pine which had been taken in Februar\- and were rooted by 

 August were then transplanted to sandy soil in the greenhouse, where they re- 



