Bui. 272, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IV. 



Fig. 1.— Typical Cypress "Pond" in Flat Pine Woods, Yielding Poles, Ties, 

 and Some Saw Timber. Important in Future Management of Southern 

 Forests. (Georgia.) 



Fig. 2.— Base of 8-Foot Cypress, About 1,200 Years Old. (Flint River Basin, Ga. 



