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 Plate I. Fig. 1. — A 50-year-old woodlot near New Haven, Conn., Avhich is to 

 be reproduced by tbe method of successive thinnings. Fig. 2. — 

 The same woodlot in another jDlace. Shows appearance immedi- 

 ately after the first thinning 16 



11. Fig. 1. — A dense stand of hardwoods about 40 years old which 

 needs improvement thinnings, near New Haven, Conn. Fig. 2. — 



A hardwood stand after an improvement cutting 16 



III. Fig. 1. — An irregular stand of Black Birch with scattered Oak and 



Cedar in mixture, near New Haven, Conn. Fig. 2. — A stand 



of sprouts in which patches of burned timber have been cleared. 24 



IV. Fig. 1. — Chestnut sprouts 3 years old, near Hartford, Conn. 



Fig. 2. — Worthless Chestnut suppressing "White Pine seedlings, 



near Hartford, Conn 24 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, Mass 31 



2. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, iNIass 33 



3. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, Mass 35 



4. Diagram of stand in New Haven County, Conn 37 



5. Diagram of stand in Hartford County, Conn 39 



6. Diagram of stand in Hartford Coiuity, Conn 41 



7. Diagram of stand in Middlesex County, Mass 43 



8. Diagram of stand in Middlesex County, Mass 45 



9. Diagram of stand in Middlesex County, Mass 47 



10. Diagram of stand in Middlesex County, Mass 49 



11. Diagram of stand in Middlesex County, Mass 51 



12. Diagram of stand in Middlesex County, Mass 53 



13. Diagram of stand in Hartford County, Conn 55 



14. Diagram of stand in New Haven County, Conn 57 



15. Diagram of stand in New Haven County, Conn 59 



16. Diagram of stand in Hartford County, Conn 61 



17. Diagram of stand in Hartford County, Conn 63 



18. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, Mass 65 



19. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, Mass. 67 



20. Diagram of stand in Norfolk County, Mass 69 



21. Diagram of stand in Norfolk County, Mass 71 



22. Diagram of stand in INIiddlesex County, !Mass 73 



23. Diagram of stand in Orange County, N. Y 75 



24. Diagram of stand in Orange County, N. Y 77 



25. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, ]\Iass 79 



26. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, Mass 81 



27. Diagram of stand in Berkshire County, Mass S3 



28. Diagram of stand in New Haven County, Conn 85 



29. Diagram of stand in Orange County, N. Y^ 87 



30. Diagram of stand in Orange County, N. Y 89 



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