AMONG THE PINES AND FIRS 2 1 1 



to 45 feet, and the stems girth up to 27 inches 

 in maximo. Some Corsican pine among the Scots 

 are quite outgrowing the latter : two at the edge 

 of a green ride are about 50 feet high, and girth 29 

 and 33 inches respectively. They tend to run to 

 a broad, branching crown unless in close canopy. 



In addition to rapidity of growth, Corsican has 

 the two great advantages of being able to bear 

 rather a greater degree of shade than Scots pine, 

 which is impatient of overshadowing either from 

 above or laterally, and of being, probably from 

 its great resinousness, less attacked by rabbits 

 than any other good kind of tree crop. It 

 therefore deserves a trial for the underplanting 

 of larch and Scots pine woods when once these 

 have finished their growth in height and are 

 being thinned freely to let the stems thicken 

 rapidly for the market; while its comparative 

 immunity from damage by ground game would 

 make successful underplanting and formation 

 of new woods, especially by means of sowing 

 after adequate preparation of the soil, very 

 much cheaper than if regular planting has to 

 be resorted to. 



The Austrian pine has somewhat similar char- 



