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Acer macropTiyllum, Pursh. Maple. Found on Vancouver and 

 adjacent Islands, and on the mainland in the immediate vicinity 

 of the coast northward sparingly to latitude 55^, and in the 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. Never found inland. Occasionally 

 attains a diameter of four feet. A valuable hard wood, sometimes 

 well adapted for cabinet-making, and also used as fuel. 



Acer circinatum, Pursh. Vine maple. Like the last strictly 

 confined to the vicinity of the coast, but does not appear to go 

 far north. A small tree, seldom over a foot in diameter, but 

 yielding a very tough and strong white wood, which is used, in 

 the absence of ash, for the manufacture of helves, &c. 



Pyriis rivularis, Dougl. Crab-apple. Occurs along the coast 

 of Vancouver and the Queen Charlotte Islands and the whole 

 coast of the mainland of British Columbia. On the Skeena 

 abundant to the mouth of the Lakelse and a few trees seen at 

 ninety miles from the sea. A small tree or shrub. Wood very 

 hard, susceptible of a good polish, and especially valuable in those 

 parts of mill machinery intended to withstand great wear. Fruit 

 prized by the Indians as food. 



Pyrus samhucifoUa, Cham, and Schlect. Mountain ash. 

 Sparingly in various parts of the interior of the Province. A 

 small tree or bush. 



Amalancliier alnifoUa^ Watson. Service-berry, 'la poire.' 

 Occurs on Vancouver Island and very rarely and in a stunted 

 form in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Abundant in some parts 

 of the interior plateau and beyond the Rocky mountains to the 

 north eastward in the Peace River country. Generally a shrub. 

 Under favourable circumstances a small tree. The wood is very 

 hard and is used for various purposes by the Indians. The 

 berries are dried and stored away in large quantities for winter 

 use, 



Quercus Garryana^ Dougl. Oak. Grows only in the south- 

 eastern portion of Vancouver Island, though Mr. A. C. Anderson 

 mentions the existence of a few trees near Yale, on the Fraser 

 River, which have probably now disappeared. Reaches a dia- 

 meter of three feet and a height of about seventy feet. Used 

 for flooring and other purposes in building, and also in the manu- 

 facture of barrels and kegs. A hard wood but not very tough. 



