410 SYLVICULTURAL NOTES ON TIMBER TREES 



but it will grow on a variety of soils, provided they be 

 deep. 



Chalky or any calcareous soils are quite unsuited to it ; so 

 also are wet soils. It is tender as to frosts ; but it is a storm- 

 proof tree, and has been very successfully planted on sandy 

 dunes by the sea-shore. It stands the sea blasts very well. 



Cultivation, etc. The tree is very light-demanding ; and 

 is of a coarse branchy habit, the ends of the branches turning 

 somewhat upwards. 



Like Corsican Pine, it is a very difficult tree to transplant. 

 Nursery stock should be transplanted every year without fail, 

 until planted out at, say, 3 years old. The planting out 

 should take place late in the spring. The tree has a very 

 long tap-root, and very few fibrous roots. Hence, where 

 possible, it should be raised in situ from seed. 



Except for sea-coast planting, there is little to recommend 

 the cultivation of the tree. 



BANK'S PINE. 



This is a native tree of Eastern America. 



The timber is of very little commercial value ; and on 

 poor soil the trees are only from 15 to 25 feet high. 



Soil and Situation, etc. It will grow on almost any 

 soil ; and its value lies in the fact that it may succeed on dry, 

 nearly barren, rocky soils, where almost all other trees will 

 fail. It is very hardy as to frosts, and will also withstand sea 

 breezes very well. It has been successfully planted on sand 

 dunes ; and, in Denmark, is so planted on the coast along 

 with the White Spruce (P. alba). 



PlNUS INSIGNIS. 



The P. insignis is native to California, and is said to have 

 been introduced in 1833. 



Soil and Situation. It prefers light, dry, deep soils, and 

 is very tender as to spring and autumn frosts. Dry, cold, 

 easterly winds are also detrimental to it. 





