“…Studying Pseudotsuga menziesii from diverse localities in Oregon, Irgens-Moller (1957) showed that those of longer growing period or lower altitude were earliest in bud-bursting. Holzer (1963) recently reviewed racial variation and reported that genetical determination of date of sprouting in Picea abies in Europe is particularly distinct in seedlings from various altitudes, being later in the nursery among those of higher altitude (Schmidt, 1962). Pauley (1954) studied bud-bursting in Populus and reported differentiation correlated with altitudinal origin.…”