Forestal Conditions and Silvicultural Pros- 

 pects of the Coastal Plain* 



I. General Description. 



Although small in area, the State of New Jersey is very varied 

 in nature.* In the north there are rough, wooded mountainous 

 regions ; in the central portions rich farm lands, and in the south 

 vast stretches of sandy pine-lands. The average value of im- 

 proved land in New Jersey is higher than that of any other State 

 in the Union. The State is without a rival in reference to loca- 

 tion and transportation facilities. If forestry cannot be practised 

 with profit in this region, there is little hope for it elsewhere in 

 eastern America. 



The region to which this title refers is located in the south- 

 eastern portion of the State, less than one hour's ride by train 

 from New York and Philadelphia, f It is irregularly triangular 

 in shape, and is included between latitudes 40° 20' and 38° 55', 

 and longitudes 74° and 75" 30'.! It is the northern extremity of 

 the Atlantic Coastal Plain, which extends southward in vast 

 stretches of sandy pine and swamp-lands, to the cocoanut groves 

 and pine-apple fields of Florida. The Coastal Plain of New 

 Jersey is bounded on the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on 

 the southwest by Delaware Bay, and on the northwest by a com- 

 paratively thickly populated and productive agricultural region. 

 The area of this territory is about 2,500 square miles, at least 



* The area of New Jersey 138,224 square miles, with a population in 1895 of 1,672,942. The area of the 

 Grand Duchy of Baden, an important forest state of the German Empire, is 5,821 square miles, with a 

 population of 1,657,867. It is considerably smaller than the Kingdom of Belgium, which contains 11,373 

 square miles, with a population of 6,195,355. 



tThe combined population of adjacent cities amounts to more than five millions ! 



t This region lies in about the latitude of Naples, Constantinople and Northern Japan. Although 

 South Jersey has the temperature of Northwestern Europe, it enjoys the sunshine of Italy. 



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