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Identifier: whitepinepinus00spal (find matches)
Title: The White Pine (Pinus strobus Linnaeus)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Spalding, Volney M. (Volney Morgan), 1849-1918 Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929. Insect enemies of the White Pine Roth, Filibert, 1858-1925. Wood of the White Pine Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923
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Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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Sections of Wood of White Pine. Bullatin No. JJ. Div. of foieltry. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Plate IX.
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Seedlings of White Pine. RATE OF GROWTH. 27 soil, raoderately warm and moist (not wet), in which tlie seeds are covered at a depth notexceeding twicic their own diameter, and, further, protection of the younjj seedliiif^s ajtcaiiist thehot sun and drying winds. Special attention is re((nir(Ml in the nursery to avoid undue moisturewhen the seedlings appear above the ground, as they are often attacked by a destructive diseasevery common in proi)agating beds, known as dam))ing ott. If, however, no adverse influenceshave interfered with its normal development, the young ))lant presents itself after some monthsgrowth as a slender shoot, crowned by the persistent seed leaves, in the midst of wliich is theterminal bud, the latter having already formed numerous short foliage leaves. No branches haveappeared, and the foliage leaves arise singly instead of in groups of live. Tlie whole plant, asit appears at this time, with its slender stem and long taproot, is represented, natural size, in PI.

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