THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 29 



grass; and have been frequently clipped by the fall frosts; — and 

 many of them would not be visible to you today, were they 

 not labelled by red labels. 



In order to help the Walnuts where the struggle was too 

 hard for them, the plantation was "doctored" by me in the Spring 

 of 1900, with one year old seedlings of Pinus rigida. The latter 

 have developed wonderfully. I am confident that I can save 

 the Walnuts by the Pines, — in time. 



The "doctor bill" amounts to the following: 



4,000 pine yearlings $4.00 



Hauling and miscellaneous 30 



Planting pines 7.50 



Total $11.80 



Particularly interesting is the absolute failure of this plan- 

 tation beneath an old Walnut tree standing in its midst. 



Don't dodge the issue 



^" K I nn The Pines at No. 29 have established them- 

 I Ijj |lO« fcU s^'^^S' °'^ ^^ abandoned field, free of 

 ' charge. Three species of Pines (Echinata, 



Rigida and Virginiana) have united their efforts to stop erosion. 

 I draw your attention to the gullies in the hillside which have 

 been quieted down by nature left alone. Obviously, the present 

 stand of Pines is branchy; and it commands little, if any value. 

 We can use it, however, for the end of securing a valuable new 

 growth by successive cuttings, properly timed. 



At an American flag, the barkbeetles have killed a bunch 

 of Pines in 1903. 



_. .| t\f\ P^n even aged stand of Oaks, Chestnuts 

 I ID No. OU ^""^ Hickories, some forty years old, from 



... ■ ' which an improvement cutting has re- 

 moved, in 1898, eight cords of wood per acre. 



Here, in or about 1918, a thinning will be made, yielding 

 three cords of wood to the acre, approximately. The growth of 



