REPRODUCTION IN THE CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF 
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND" 
Ba MoOoRE 
This ‘investigation was undertaken to determine the factors 
governing the reproduction of the more important coniferous trees 
in the forests of northern New England. A detailed study of a 
single area was considered more effective than general observations 
over a wide area, but the — is not by any means exhaustive for 
the single area. 
The work was done on Mount Desert Island, situated toward 
the eastern end of the coast of Maine, in about the same latitude 
as the northern part of the Adirondacks and northern New Hamp- 
shire. The island is included in the spruce region according to 
Hawtey and Hawes (3). This is strictly correct; nevertheless, 
parts of the island show unmistakable ; signs of the more southerly 
white pine region. The location of the island is” therefore. of 
unusual interest. Being at the edge of the tension zone between 
