156 NATURAL HISTORY OP MARITIME PINE. 



made. But it is believed that usually la coupe ct blanc etoc, followed 

 by artificial sowing, will be preferred. Indeed, in both systems 

 the plough is indispensable, for, on account of the great distance 

 between the pines, the ground cannot fail to be covered with all sorts 

 of bushes and weeds ; besides, the seed of the maritime pine costs very 

 little and is easily gathered and winnowed, the quality is almost 

 always good, and the sowings succeed well ; everything tends to make 

 the artificial way the preferable." 



Both in the treatise by M. Eloi Samanos,* and In that by M. Am^d6 

 Boitel,t are given details in regard to the culture and exploitation of 

 the maritime pine in Gascony, and in regard to the general culture 

 of it elsewhere, additional to what has been given in this volume, 

 inclusive of what relates to the gemmage or collection of the resinous 

 sap, and the distillation and manufacture of the difierent products 

 yielded by it, 



* TraiU de la Culture du Pin Maritime. 

 fMise en valeur dea Terres Pauvrespar le Pin Maritime. 



