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tree for planting in the region. Owing to the white pine weevil 

 which kills the leaders of the trees, making them branchy and 

 bushy in form, and also because of the danger of the spread- 

 ing of the white pine blister rust, a recently introduced disease, 

 much similar in its effect to the chestnut blight, it should be 

 planted with caution. Where it can be grown there is probably 

 no tree that will give better results. The Norway or red pine 

 being a hardy tree and not as susceptible to insect and fungous 

 attacks can be used in place of the white pine. It grows nearly 

 as fast as the white pine and its wood is much similar in 

 character. It will also grow on drier situations. It should 

 be planted pure spaced 6 feet by 6 feet apart or mixed with 

 the white pine in alternate rows. Several foreign trees have 

 been used for plantings. Scotch pine has been advised for 

 the drier soils. Norway spruce and European larch have also 

 been used. Many of the native hardwoods can be planted 

 successfully where the conditions are favorable to them, 

 especially sugar maple, basswood, white ash, red oak, black 

 walnut, yellow poplar and cottonwood. 



Southern New England and Middle Atlantic States. — 

 This is mainly a hardwood region. It is the meeting ground 

 of northern and southern trees, so that the forests and wood- 

 lots contain many species. Among the conifers found are 

 white, Norway and pitch pines, red cedar and hemlock, and 

 among the hardwoods sugar maple, birch, beech, many oaks, 

 white ash, chestnut, hickory, yellow poplar, basswood, walnut, 

 elm, and others of lesser importance. Woodlots are a valuable 

 source of timber supply. In general it is a region of many 

 markets for the products of the woodlot, and the planting and 

 care of woodlots should be profitable. For lumber Norway 

 pine, Scotch pine, white pine, white and European spruce, 

 and European larch have been recommended, and also cotton- 

 wood, yellow poplar, basswood, and red oak. For fence posts 

 black locust, where not subject to the borer, honey locust and 

 coffeetree have durable woods and can be used. Chestnut 



