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SEVENTH REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Others simph' charred duff, moss, and small roots. The rock formation consists of 

 shales in thin layers, the surface being covered with flat, angular fragments. We 

 found it possible to plant the trees even upon the apparently bare rocky slopes 

 by digging down among the rocks and collecting with the hands enough of what 

 appeared to be mostly ashes. Immediately below the surface these slopes seem to 

 retain moisture ; and, if a tree can once get started, there appears to be sustenance 

 for it in the crevices which the roots can reach. No doubt some of the trees will 

 die from lack of good soil conditions ; and it should be stated that before the 

 planting was completed we noticed that the trees in one of the baskets had begun 

 to heat. It was only the Scotch pine, however, and not more than 500 of these 

 were so affected. The surface of the ground is now generally shaded by a thrifty, 

 thick, small .growth of chestnut, oak, witch-hazel, birch, sumach, huckleberries, and 

 ferns, with many other species represented. 



J. Y. McCLINTOCK, 

 Assistant Superintendent of Forests. 



DEAD TREES. 



