Notes on the forest conditions of Porto Rico . erraCayey and the Cordillera Central, notably between Aibonito and Adjun-tas. Collectively, these small patches will not aggregate 10 square milesof standing timber, and have been largely culled of their most valuabletrees. There is also a small patch of forest preserved in the pepinohills, near Aguadilla, upon a small piece of land belonging to the Gov-ernment. There may be a tew more acres elsewhere. Otherwise, in acommercial sense, the mountains are deforested, although some excel-lent trees still stand, just as walnut trees are found preserved
Notes on the forest conditions of Porto Rico . erraCayey and the Cordillera Central, notably between Aibonito and Adjun-tas. Collectively, these small patches will not aggregate 10 square milesof standing timber, and have been largely culled of their most valuabletrees. There is also a small patch of forest preserved in the pepinohills, near Aguadilla, upon a small piece of land belonging to the Gov-ernment. There may be a tew more acres elsewhere. Otherwise, in acommercial sense, the mountains are deforested, although some excel-lent trees still stand, just as walnut trees are found preserved in thedeforested areas of the United States. THE COAST-BORDER WOODLANDS. The second class of flora inhabits the foothills belt lying between thesouthern front of the Central Mountains and the southern coast, aregion which is comparatively arid. The wide playa plains and stream 1 In this Mi - mistaken ; epiphytes abound in some other parts of the island. • Misprint of Cvtcoloba. Bulletin No. 25. Div. of Forestry. U. S Dept. of Agr. Plate Fig. 1.—A Playa Plain with Mango Trees. Coast Hills in Background.)
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