Photo by E. A. Sterling. 



Heavy Stand of Hemlock and Balsam. 



Trees with clear length of 200 feet, and stands of over 100.000 board feet per acre, are not uncommon in these forests 

 of hemlock and balsam. The undergrowth is often lu.'curious as m a tropical forest. This particular stand wa^ 

 on a slope immediately adjacent to tide wafer. 



