1895. 
1896. 
1897. 
BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JUNE 
IV. Picea pungens Engelm. About six years old. 
13.9, 15.5, 15.6, 15.6, 15.8, 15.9, 15.4, 15.0, 14.8, 14.6, 14. 3 (12 needles). 
Pas, §G.5, 80.0, 17.0, 17.4,17.5, 17.7, 17045 17.2, 17.1; 16.8, 16.5, 160, 
15.6, 14.4, 12.9 (11 needles). 
Boy ty Gat, 05, 0.35 OF. O:9)10,0, 1011; 10:2, 10.1 428053; FO.3, 10:4, 80085 
10.5, 10.5, 10.0, 8.1 (7 needles). 
59-7) 190, 19.6; 14:7; 1$20;51 5.07 14:9; 14.8; 14.7, 14,4,) £38; 13:1, 12.4, 
Needle-length Cross section Stem Ring 
1894. “gua Fe 
1895. 16.16 Oost 8.2 o.262"" 
1896. 9.45 O.477. 6.3 0.148 
1897. 13.69 0.688 6.5 0.536 
Branch of second order. 
Ti, 12.0, 13,6, 14.0, 14.0, 14.3, 14.2, 14.1,.14.1, 13.6, 13.3, 13.0; 15.0 
(14 needles). 
4.7, 6.8, 7.9, 8.6, 8.5, 8.4, 7.6, 6.5, 4.9. 
11.3, 12.6, 13.3, 13.8, 13.8, 13.7, 13-4,.13-1, 12.7; 11.9, 9.5 (8 needles). 
Needle-length Stem 
1895. 30"" We ages 
1896. = a7 
1897. 12.65 4.4 
One year is not always sufficient for recovery from the injury 
of transplanting. Trees as young as these, if left to themselves, 
produce every year longer leaves than the year before. So the 
length in 1897 would naturally exceed that in 1895. 
1895. 
1896. 
1897. 
V. Picea nigra Link (P. Mariana (Mill.) B.S. P.). 
7-7; 8.5, 9.6, 10.2, 10.7, 11.0, 11.4, 11.7, 1.9, 11.8, 11.8, 11.8, 11.8, 11.7, 
11.5, 11.4, 11.1, 10.6, 10.4, 10.0. 
3-4, 5.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0, 7.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7-2) 7-0, 7.0. 
7-6, 10.4, 11.5, 12.8, 13.3, 13.6, 13.6, 13.8, 13.7, 13.8, 13.8, 13.7, 13-7 
13.4, 13.2, 12.9, 12.8, 12.6, 12.3, 12.2, 11.8, 8.4. 
Needle-length Cross section Stem 
1895. 10,83™™ O45 9.7 
1896. 6.59 0.222 4.3 
1897. 12.50 0.409 8.1 
The annual ring of 1896 was thinner than the others. 
