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for the afforestation of all waste lands in damp, 

 swampy places, as well as in arid, poor, sandy, 

 and gravelly soil it is the best yet discovered, but 

 as timber, although it is equal to the native pines 

 as regards alburnum and heart wood, this has no 

 decisive influence, in point of value, on the ques- 

 tion of cultivation. It is a great mistake to 

 form without any reason a comparative estimate 

 between the timber of the Banksian and Wey- 

 mouth pines on the basis of the relation of the 

 Banksian pine wood to ordinary pine, 



32. Pinus rigida. Mill, Pitch Pine. 



A great deal of attention has been paid to this 

 species of pine, especially in Prussia. According 

 to Schwappach some i46'5 hectares had been 

 planted there up to 1900. A very poor opinion 

 was formed of the results of the majority of these 

 experiments made both in and out of Prussia. 

 On poor, sandy soil this pine is just as good as 

 the native species, but in marshy places where it 

 succeeds better, it succumbs far sooner than the 

 common pine to other dangers such as damage 

 from wild animals, snow fall, &c. 



The timber, to judge from American experi- 

 ence, does not differ from the Banksian pine ; this 

 rigida pine is, on the other hand, very suitable 

 for producing resin, and this fact alone is sufficient 

 to justify its continued forest cultivation. The 



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