130 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [FEBRUARY 
it has not been rejuvenated in the meantime by fire, it begins to die 
out, apparently from natural causes. The open places thus made 
give an opportunity for the reestablishment of pitch pine. The few 
lots on which this was noted show pitch pine seedlings at the rate of 
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I —Sample plot 15. Cleared 15 years ago, Colchester plain, 5 meters square, 
under ne controlled ky Vaccinium pennsylvanicum and Kalmia angustifolia; sie 
Q. alba 8; A, Acer rubrum 5: AC, Amelanchier canadensis 2; PA, Pteris aquilina 
L, rperiedes quadrifolia 38; G, Gaultheria procumbens 14; M, Myrica asplenifolia9; ie 
LC, Lycopodium complanatum; P, Polytrichum; E, a repens; ML, Melam 
pyrum lineare 2. 
one to 50%™; older stages were not found. It seems probable, how- 
ever, that eventually, if unmolested by man, such areas will regain 
their dominance of pitch pine. 
In cases where fire is kept out from the time of clearing, howeveT, 
