. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN 1225, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Many obstacles to the production of camphor in commercial quan- tities at a reasonable price were soon encountered, the most serious of which was the injurious effect on the trees of the usual method of pruning or harvesting the branches. The practice was to cut the. Fig. 1.—Camphor tree showing characteristic habit of growth. branches from the top and sides of the tree each year, the cuts bemg j* made without regard to the nodes. In many instances this left from 1 to 1
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN 1225, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Many obstacles to the production of camphor in commercial quan- tities at a reasonable price were soon encountered, the most serious of which was the injurious effect on the trees of the usual method of pruning or harvesting the branches. The practice was to cut the. Fig. 1.—Camphor tree showing characteristic habit of growth. branches from the top and sides of the tree each year, the cuts bemg j* made without regard to the nodes. In many instances this left from 1 to 12 inches of the branch extending beyond the node. Since camphor trees, except in rare cases, do not put out new branches. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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