Bui. 1061, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
PLATE XV 
'ig. 1. — After being protected for a period of five years, this longleaf pine was de- 
foliated by fire (in February, 1917) up to a height of about 10 feet. The photo- 
graph was taken in the following April, when the new leaves were beginning to 
show — 
Fig. 2. — The same stand as above, photographed at the close of the second season 
of growth (January, 1919). The tree growth was notably checked during the first 
year (see p. 11), because of the extra drain in completely renewing the foliage. 
Only the small stunted " runts," resulting from a former period of annual burn- 
ing, were killed by the fire 
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