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THE SIZE OF EVERGREEN NEEDLES 435 
I]. Picea excelsa Link. Six-year old tree, transplanted in 1896. 
14,4,.15.5, 16.1, 16.1;:16,5;) 18.9) 10:4; B50, 258, 150,160; 24,7, 1453; 
13.4, 13.2, 12.8 (12 needles). 
1896. 8.2, 9.9, 10.9, 11.1, 11.3, 11.5, 11.6, 11.4, 11.3, 11.3, 11.2, 11.1, 11,0, 10.9, 
i 10.7, 10.5, 10.5, 10.4, 10.0, 9.8 (11 needles). 
1897. 15.8, 17.7, 19.3, 19.5, 19.7, 20.1, 20.1, 19.6, 19.7, 19.4, 18.8, 18.6, 15.8, 
12.0, 10.6 (7 needles). 
Needle-length Cross section Stem Ring 
1895. I5.09™™ 0.483™™ 84 oe a 0.3326" 
1896. 10.73 0.307 6.4 0.127 
1897. 17.78 0.543 9:9 0.245 
VII. Picea excelsa Link. Seven-year old tree, transplanted in 
1897. 
1895. 16.9, 19.1, 20.4, 21.5, 21.5, 21.2, 21.4, 21.4, 20.7, 19.1, 14.2 (5 needles). 
1896. 12.8, 14.5, 15.8, 16.8, 16.9, 16.8, 16.8, 16.2, 15.6, 15.2, 14.6, 12.2 (14 
needles). 
1897. 6.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.3, 9.6, 9-8, 9.8, 9-8, 9-6, 9-8, 9-6, 9.519-5» 9-6, 9-1, 9-2, 8.9, 
8.9, 8.7, 8.3, 8.0, 8.0, 7.8, 7-4, 6.7 (6 needles). 
Needle-length Cross section Stem Ring 
1895. 1927" 0.494™™ 4 153° 0.300" 
1896. 15.35 0.419 12.8 0.240 
1897. 8.82 0.1gI 4.6 0.144 
VII. Picea excelsa Link. Tree about twenty-five years old. 
Lateral branch of second order. 
—-<1894. 16.5, 18.4, 19.6, 20.0, 20.3, 19.9, 20.4, 20.6, 21.0, 21.1, 20.8, 20.6, 19.6, 
Oe: 19.9, 18.5, 18°3, 17.9 (7 needles). 
1895. 18.2, 21.8, 22.8, 22.4, 23.1) 24.0, 23-1, 23-1, 23.0, 21.7, 21-2, 19.7 (12 
ue needles), 
1896. 19.0, 20.1, 20.7, 21.1, 22,1, 22.3, 22. 8, 22.3, 22.6, 22.2, 21.8, 21.8, 21.8, 
21.1, 16.7 (13 needles). 
1897, 15.5, 17.7, 18.6, 18.7, 18.6, 18.0, 18.2, 18.2, 18.0, 17.3, 17.6, 168, 16.0, 
15.2, 15.2, 16.0, 12.9. 
Needle-length Stem 
1894. 19.61™ 9.8 
1895. 22.01 10.0 
1896. 21.23 10.2 
1897. 16,07... 11.0 
