AMERICAN TREES FOR PLANTING IN FRANCE 817 



In translating the attempt has been made to keep to the author's 

 phraseolog)- as closely as is consistent with good English so that the 

 reader may realize the author's intended shades of meaning. At the 

 editor's suggestion the translator has added certain annotations in 

 parenthesis at the end of the discussion of each species where there 

 seemed occasion for it. 



Following is the list : 



CONIFERS 



Pinus Strobus; Pin Weymouth (Weymouth pine). — Originating in 

 eastern North America, this tree has in France a rapid growth on 

 the plains and in regions slightly elevated, having a deep soil, moist 

 or slightly humid. It is a very hardy, light-requiring tree, forming a 

 fairly complete overhead cover. It seeds early in life and thereafter 

 regularly and abundantly every two or three years. Its rate of 

 growth is active and well sustained. Forms good plantations in the 

 regions to which it is suited. Its wood has various uses, such as car- 

 pentry, box making, and paper pulp manufacture. As a fuel wood it 

 is only mediocre. 



(This species was introduced into Europe about 1700. It is perhaps 

 more commonly employed in Germany and the British Isles than in 

 France. Boppe and Jolyet in Les Forets,^ a somewhat older textbook, 

 state that one reason the species is less popular in France is because it 

 is generally harvested before the heartwood has formed, and the sap- 

 wood is considered as not of great value.) 



Thuja Gigantea (T. plicata) ; Thuja giant (giant thuja). — The giant 

 thuja is a large tree which has shown itself to be very hardy with us; 

 here it demands a fresh soil, somewhat firm, and with a certain amount 

 of atmospheric humiflity. It seeds regularly and abundantly. Has to 

 be shaded somewhat during its early years. It is able to be grown in 

 dense stands, and can be introduced into our forests for trial. It 

 makes a rapid growth and furnishes light wood useful for numerous 

 special purposes. 



(This tree certainly has many desirable qualities, but Americans 

 know it so imperfectly from a forest planting viewpoint that it is 

 difficult to judge of its value for reforestation). 



Cltamwcyparis Lazvsoniana; Faux cypres de Lazvson (Lawson's 

 false cypress). — A large tree which has shown itself very hardy with 



' Librairie J.— B. Bailliere et Fils, Paris, 1901. 



