. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. THE END OF THE STRUGGLE. 63 very numerous competitors they have showu themselves to be the best adapted to their surroundings. (See fig. 61 and PI. XXXI.) Xatural selection has made it clear that these are the best trees for the place. These are also the trees which bear the seed whence the younger generations spring. Their offspring will inherit their fitness to a greater or less degree, and in tlieir turn will be subjected to the. Fig. 61.—Ad open forest of iutolerant Longleaf Pine. Southern Florida. same rigorous test, by which only the bes
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. THE END OF THE STRUGGLE. 63 very numerous competitors they have showu themselves to be the best adapted to their surroundings. (See fig. 61 and PI. XXXI.) Xatural selection has made it clear that these are the best trees for the place. These are also the trees which bear the seed whence the younger generations spring. Their offspring will inherit their fitness to a greater or less degree, and in tlieir turn will be subjected to the. Fig. 61.—Ad open forest of iutolerant Longleaf Pine. Southern Florida. same rigorous test, by which only the best are allowed to reach maturity. Under this sifting out of the weak and the unfit, our native trees have been prepared, through thousands of generations, to meet the condi- tions under which they must live. This is why they are so much more apt to succeed than species from abroad, which have not been fitted for our climate and soil bv natural 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. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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