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Berkeley
F. Weis
whose signature here appears, called today. He is Professor of Plant-Physiology in the Royal Agricultural College, Copenhagen, Denmark. He said: "We are making plantations of American trees. Pinus contorta on our poor lands does well. It takes on an erect habit and does better than Pinus murrayana. We plant also Picea sitchensis which does excellently and makes a fine tree, as does also Pseudotsuga taxifolia. Of native European conifers we have none except Taxus and Juniperus. Picea excelsa we cultivate but it becomes sickly through the
40_115
Oct. 15, 1923.
attacks of the fungus
Pinus sylvestris we cultivate but it is not native to Denmark. We have large beech forests, Fagus sylvaticus. The beech is migrating from west to east in northern Europe, the Picea excelsa from east to west."
Cont. from p. 110. This tree was a remarkable sight. We drove into Napa along the east side highway and the tree was about a mile form the city. Nearly all the cones, since the tree began bearing, persisted apparently. I think I have never before seen such a case. (See also p. 100.) At least where the cones were so long persistent, I recall no case at Monterey.
Cont. p. 101.
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