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South. But while that will endure any amount of heat, this 

 will endure the severest cold but is very sensitive to the heat. 

 I have often tried it In Nebraska, sometimes keeping it under 

 a screen, but hot winds with 110° in the shade would always 

 kill it. They will doubtless do well in North Dakota, the 

 northern half of Minnesota, and in northwest Canada, for they 

 grow wild in Manitoba. It is a more rapid grower than the 

 White Pine. The Jack Pine at first will outgrow it but It is 

 sure to overhaul it sooner or later. 



Norway Pine In Minnesota Forest. 

 From "Forestry and Irrigation." 

 In the East, where the climate is congenial, this Pine Is 

 much used ui landscape work. It must be very popular all 

 through the north. It was reported as doing fairly well in the 

 first plantings in the sand hills of Nebraska, though none as 

 yet have been tried in the Dismal River Reserve, If they should - 

 succeed there, they will make a splendid investment as they 



