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the present stand since the exposed ground is in danger of 

 reverting to chaparral or of becoming so dry from evapora- 

 tion that no reproduction will follow cutting. Where the 

 stand of pine is insufficient to reseed thoroughly and protect 

 the cut-over area, enough sound, thrifty fir and cedar should 

 be left to form a fairly even cover with openings less than a 

 quarter of an acre in size."' 



The under current of all opinion upon sugar pine up to 

 date is that reproduction will not be very successful unless 

 enough growth to shelter the seedlings remains after log- 

 ging. Where the fire risk permits, the same end may be 

 furthered by leaving the tops scattered on the ground. 



Little experimenting has been done in planting sugar pine, 

 but there are many indications that except where conditions 

 strongly favor natural reproduction it will be resorted to 

 eventually if am r particular attempt is made to get this 

 species. Leaving large seed trees is not only expensive, but 

 rather uncertain, because heavy seed years are several years 

 apart and squirrels consume a large portion of an ordinary 

 crop. Transplants which have received nursery shelter until 

 past the greatest danger" of drying out should prove most 

 successful on heavily-cut south slopes. 



Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 



Although probably the most rapid-growing of all American 

 commercial trees and also of high market standing, redwood 

 has been little studied by foresters. The layman is still more 

 confused by its many peculiarities. Growing to a size of 20 

 feet in diameter and 350 feet high, reaching an age of well 

 over 1,000 years arid seldom reproducing by means of seed, it 

 is not surprising that it was long regarded as ill-adapted to 

 second crop management. Although observing that suckers 

 sprout from the stumps with great rapidity, the lumberman 

 generally regarded these mushroom growths as abnormal and 

 temporary, and believed his virgin timber to be the finally- 



