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BALD CYPRESS 



out on wet ground and flourish there, for such is evidently 

 its preferred location. Its rapidity of growth in early life 

 and the excellent character of the wood will certainly justify 

 efforts to propagate it in the forests. 1 As it is practically 

 a southern tree, it cannot be expected to stand extreme 

 cold. Probably it will not thrive far north of Pennsyl- 



vania. 



1 "This tree deserves more attention from those who are cultivating 

 forest trees than it has ever received. It is a very hardy tree in my grounds, 

 and grows quite rapidly, even in a dry soil." Andrew S. Fuller, in Prac- 

 tical Forestry, page 249. Orange Judd & Co., 1903. 



