generously has placed at our disposal his unpublished thesis and correspondence on these pines. John H. Davis, Jr., of the University of Florida, has given us helpful information based on his extensive field work in Florida. Reynolds B, Smith, also of the University of Florida, sent specimens. A. C. Shaw, forester with the Champion Paper and Fibre Co., has obtained for us pine specimens and information from the northwestern Bahama Islands.

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Characteristics of slash pine including: sexual reproduction, pollination techniques, geographic and racial variation, growth and survival rates are reviewed as they apply to the genetic improvement of the species. Major emphasis of range-wide programs is on improving growth rate, tree form, oleoresin yield, and resistance to fusiform rust. Wood quality is also a goal in certain projects,.^, /

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