59^ Forestry Quarterly. 



the mark. In order to get a correct impression of the Nova 

 Scotia forests, one must get away from the main routes of travel. 



In discussing the formation of Mt. Washington, the author 

 makes this statement: "South of the northern forest mentioned, 

 the flora belongs to the New England Area, but it may be stated 

 here that some of the southern species like the White Oak, 

 Quercus alba, and the Red Oak, Qncrcus rubra, here reached 

 their northern limits and mingled with those more characteristic of 

 the north" (p. 374). It is to be hoped that he had in mind only 

 the state of New Hampshire for then the statement will not be in 

 such glaring contradiction to the well-known facts that the White 

 Oak extends as far north as the city of Quebec, and that the Red 

 Oak reaches the Hudson Bay watershed in Ontario and Lake St. 

 John in Quebec. The statement in regard to the White Oak, 

 however, is repeated further along in the text. (See the next 

 paragraph.) 



The phytogeographic conception of the New England Area, 

 the second subdivision of the Maritime District, is as confused as 

 that of the New Brunswick Area for the author says : "The 

 flora of this area is characterized by the absence of Picea alba, 

 etc." In the very next paragraph, however, he gives the White 

 Spruce as one of the characteristic species of his first subdivision 

 of the Area, namely. Sea Island (coast of Maine). To quote 

 further: "But its (New England Area) chief characterization 

 depends on the presence of such trees as Quercus alba, Q. prin- 

 oides, Q. coccinea, Juniperus virginiana and Castanea dcntata, 

 which here reached their northern limit," etc. (p. 378.) For the 

 northern limit of Quercus alba, see the paragraph above. Q. 

 prinoides never becomes a tree in New England and is unknown 

 in Maine. Quercus coccinea and Castanea dentata are found 

 only in the southeastern part of Maine, yet according to the 

 author's delimitation of the New Brunswick Area (p. 361), nearly 

 the whole of the state is included in the New England Area. 



The Lake District of the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Region is 

 subdivided into the Lacustrine Area and the Adirondack Area. 

 As stated above, the Maritime District is defined as extending 

 westward to Lake Champlain and the Ottawa River. One would 

 expect, since the Ottawa River is its western boundary, that 

 Quebec province belonged to the Maritime District, but its flora 

 is discussed under the head of the Lake District ! 



