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to 45 feet, and the stems girth up to 27 inches 
in maximo. Some Corsican pine among the Scots 
are quite outgrowing the latter: two at the edge 
of a green ride are about 50 feet high, and girth 29 
and 33 inches respectively. They tend to run to 
a broad, branching crown unless in close canopy. 
In addition to rapidity of growth, Corsican has 
the two great advantages of being able to bear 
rather a greater degree of shade than Scots pine, 
which is impatient of overshadowing either from 
above or laterally, and of being, probably from 
its great resinousness, less attacked by rabbits 
than any other good kind of tree crop. It 
therefore deserves a trial for the underplanting 
of larch and Scots pine woods when once these 
have finished their growth in height and are 
being thinned freely to let the stems thicken 
rapidly for’ the market; while its comparative 
immunity from damage by ground game would 
make successful underplanting and formation 
of new woods, especially by means of sowing 
after adequate preparation of the soil, very 
much cheaper than if regular planting has to 
be resorted to. 
The Austrian pine has somewhat similar char- 
