FASCIATION 



M. A. Brannon 



(with seven figures) 



During the spring of 19 10, while an examination of a tree claim 

 near Larimore, North Dakota, was being made, there were dis- 

 covered some pronounced cases of fascia tion. The tree claim 

 had been planted to cottonwoods and willows in 1885. During 

 the winter of 1909 the owner had taken considerable fuel from the 

 northern portion of this grove of vigorous trees. In the summer 

 of 1909 a large number of sprouts came from the stumps of the 



Fig. i. — A portion of the original timber claim and three years' growth of the 

 cut-over region adjoining. 



remo\ 



1). 



numb 



stump 



extreme, some 



meters. On all of the 



stumps of the cottonwoods and on some of those of the willows 

 one or more fasciated sprouts appeared. The flattening was 

 particularly marked near the outer extremities of the stem, and 



and forking 



was accompanied generally by profuse branching 



specimens 



markin 



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