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South Dakota, writes: "Fora quick grove, a tree that trans- 

 plants easily, use the Scotch pine. The only objection is 

 that it is not as long-lived as some of the others. This is true. 

 Adjoining my place on the north is a grove of Scotch pine 

 planted in 1872. Perhaps seventy-five trees. The largest 

 girth is sixty-nine inches and the average would not be less 

 than fifty. In the winter of 1898-9 all these trees were more 

 or less injured, but none died, and all but three seem to have 

 fully recovered. I would rather have a grove of ponderosa, 

 but it would take longer and take more trees to make it, as 

 it is a more upright grower, and the safety in transplanting 

 is in favor of the Scotch pine." 



H. C. Warner, Forestburg, S. D., writes: "The Scotch 

 pine is doing well in this county but is not equal to the 

 Austrian pine." 



A. Norby, Madison, S. D., who has tested the Scotch pine 

 twenty years, writes: "The Scotch pine has several good 

 qualities. It is cheap, transplants readily, grows fast in the 

 start and shows up well. But the branches are brittle, it 

 leans over to the north and dies comparatively young." 



Austrian Pine. 



Austrian Pine. (Pinus Laricio, var. Austriaca, 

 Endl.). A native of Austria and of southern and central 

 Europe. Leaves, two in a sheath, rigid, four to six inches 

 long. The dark green color of the foliage and regular -outline 

 are characteristic. Prof. S. B. Green reports the Austrian 

 pine as very desirable for planting in Minnesota, being 

 "rather longer lived and perhaps hardier than the Scotch 

 pine." Upon the South Dakota Station grounds at Brook- 

 ings the Austrian pine in open exposure browns its leaves in 

 winter much more than the Scotch pine although it recovers 

 during the summer. Eventually both will probably be re- 

 placed by our native pines better adapted to our climate. 



H. C. Warner, Forestburg, S. D., writes: "The Austrian 



