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18-20 in. rainfall areas, but does best in the 20-25 in. 
rainfall areas on the heavier soils. It develops a tap root as 
a little one-year-old nursery tree, and if transplanted ‘open 
root' needs shelter from hot winds till established. In pots 
the tap root invariably coils round in the bottom of the pot 
and it is less easily compressed across the grain. It is quite 
a useful timber for structural purposes. Pinus maritima is 
arge amount of work is involved in carrying out such 
a series of tests, both in the actual experiments and in the 
ums reduction. For very considerable help in all P 
Cartledge, who was till recently my assistant, and also to 
