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USES. This tree deserves to be more common in our parks. Its wood is highly 

 valued for ships' masts. It's also used in framework and carpentry. 



CULTIVATION. When pine trees are cut down they never re-grow, but they 

 propagate in forests via their seeds. The fruits or cones are harvested from January until 

 March. If one waits later than that, the heat of the sun will open them up and the seeds 

 will scatter on the ground. The newly gathered cones are put in boxes or on cloths and 

 left exposed to the dew during the night, and to the sun so that the scales separate from 

 one another and allow the seeds to come out. 



Duhamel recommends sowing pine tree seeds together with seven or eight times 

 the amount of oats or broom seeds, which germinate at the same time as the pine trees 

 and will protect them from the heat of the sun. They also can be sown successfully 

 among clusters of ferns and of heather. When growing pine trees destined to be planted in 

 parks the seeds must be planted in trays or in boxes filled with sandy and well-separated 

 soil. They're transplanted when they're two or three years old. Spring is preferable to the 

 fall fortius procedure. Pruning pine trees reduces their vigor and slows their growth, 

 however they can die if too many branches are cut off at once. They require at least eight 

 or ten years to withstand this operation. It must be done in October or November because 

 that's when the flow of sap stops and the secretion of resin is considerably reduced. In 

 general these trees aren't very particular about the quality of the soil. They thrive very 

 well in many places where other trees like oaks don't succeed. 



