Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . LoNGLEAF Pine (Pinus pauustris) : Male and Female Flowers. a fi-uiting branch with female aments at tip, and one and two seasons cones; b. maleaments; f, female ament; d. saed-beai-ing scales; c, /, male aments g, detached anthers; It, i, detached lemale LoNGLEAF Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.): Fruit. a, open cone, natural size; b, c, detached scales, dorsal and ventral; d, e,f, g, seeds with wing-s. CUBAN PINE. 77 prevailing- at present, trees of such small size are tapped that they are unable to re
Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . LoNGLEAF Pine (Pinus pauustris) : Male and Female Flowers. a fi-uiting branch with female aments at tip, and one and two seasons cones; b. maleaments; f, female ament; d. saed-beai-ing scales; c, /, male aments g, detached anthers; It, i, detached lemale LoNGLEAF Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.): Fruit. a, open cone, natural size; b, c, detached scales, dorsal and ventral; d, e,f, g, seeds with wing-s. CUBAN PINE. 77 prevailing- at present, trees of such small size are tapped that they are unable to resist the forceof the winds, and in a few years are inevitably prostrated, while the larger trees, weakened by thesevere gashes on almost every side, become largely wind-shaken and the timber after a few yearsalmost worthless. While a judicious tapping is not only justified, but demanded, by an economic system ofexiiloitation, the prevailing methods of orcharding are unnecessarily destructive. The tapping of sapling timber not yet ripe for the saw, and the destructive fires started inconnection with this industry, annihilating all young growth, prevent any renewal of the forest,while the working of large bodies of timber years before milling facilities are available leads oftento a loss of 20 iier cent and more in both quality and quantity of
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