258 THE FOREST FLORA OF CARNARVONSHIRE. [Feb. 



Forest conservancy should also form part of the scheme of the 

 public park. Its site would be on the great timber reserves of the 

 prairie country, on the eastern portion of the railway. Left as at 

 present, with the new facilities of transport, to the tender mercies of 

 lumber-men, these many acres of tall forest stems will soon be added 

 to the vanishing quantities of Canada's wooded wealth. But put 

 now under scientific guidance, a yearly income for public uses 

 might be calculated on, as may be seen in the practice of the 

 communes of Trance and Switzerland. 



In its stretch across the American Continent, the Canadian 

 Pacific Eailway traverses four distinct forest regions. Besides the 

 zones of the red and white pine, and the beech and maple of the 

 older districts of the Dominion, the line first runs through the 

 district of poplars, and, on entering the Eockies, invades that of the 

 Douglas fir, so peculiar to Central and British Columbia. Already 

 Oregon timber is being sent for to England from New York, and 

 already orders have been received from China for sticks 120 feet 

 long, measuring 6 feet square at the small end. In prospect, then, 

 of a brisk trade for the masts of such high admirals when the 

 railway locomotive starts from the Pacific terminus, forest conser- 

 vancy in the Eockies becomes a special pressing question. And its 

 advocacy in connection with a national park for reci'eative nses may 

 shape the discussion into tangible form. 



THE FOREST FLOE A OF CABNARVONSEIRE, MORE 

 PARTICULARLY THE PENRHYN ESTATE. 



BY A. D. WEBSTER. 



(Continued from page 210.) 



Plants marked (*) have not before been included in tlie llora of tlie county. 



HYPEKICACE.E. 



^Hypericum calycimmi. In a wood near Aber. The distance from 

 any dwelling precludes tlie possibility of its having been 

 introduced. 



H. perforatum. Plentiful along the margins of rocky woods. 



H. AndroscEvium. In a wood near Bangor. 



H. (hibium. Sparingly found. 



H. rpiaclrangulum. Frequent in rather damp plantations. 



H. pndchrum. In dry open woods, plentiful. 



H. elodcs. Sparingly in damp bogs at high elevations. 



