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against fire, etc., and then compound interest computed 

 upon the whole, for a time sufficient to grow a crop, the 

 result will give the total cost. Without going into the 

 question in detail, it is believed that the undertaking would 

 be considered a questionable one at the present time. Prices 

 may guarantee such an expenditure in the future. 



Fig. 7. The Staminate and Pistillate flowers of the white pine. These appear 

 a year before the cones develop; hence it is an easy matter to determine a 

 year in advance of a seed crop. 



These figures may be high. Perhaps the trees had best 

 been set into permanent places first and the expense les- 

 sened by one handling. Another time a larger percentage 

 might live, etc. On the other hand, present prices in New 

 England from nurserymen for white pine seedlings are 

 many times higher than those ((uoted, and even Western 



