ECONOMIC FORESTRY. 
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British CoLumplia. 
Two-thirds of British Columbia, or about 110 million acres, 
almost entirely under Government control, was, in 1874, under 
timber. 
Rhamnus Purshiana, DC. 
Acer circinatum, Pursh.  ‘‘ Vine 
maple.” 
A. macrophyllum, Pursh. 
Negundo aceroides, Mcench. ‘‘ Ash- 
leaved maple.” 
Prunus emarginata, Walp. ‘* Western 
wild cherry.” 
Pyrus rivularis, Douglas. 
erab apple.” 
Crategus Douglasii, Lindley. 
tern thorn.” 
Cornus Nuttallii, Audubon. ‘‘ Flower- 
ing dogwood.” 
‘¢ Western 
‘* Wes- 
Arbutus Menziesii, Pursh. ‘* Ma- 
drona.” 
Quercus Garryana, Douglas. ‘‘ Wes- 
tern white oak.” 
Alnus rubra, Bongard. 
** Western alder.” 
A, rhombifolia, Nuttall. 
**Red,”’ or 
Salix lasiandra, Bentham, and S. 
flavescens, var. Scouleriana. 
Populus balsami- > 
Sg m™ ) & Balsam poplar,” 
Jera, L. 
P. angustifolia Stig, algo 
: g : Gilead.” 
James. 
P. trichocarpa, Torrey & Gray. ‘‘ Cot- 
ton wood.” 
Thuja gigantea, Nuttall. ‘‘Red cedar.” 
The following species are characteristic :— 
Chameecyparis nutkaensis, 
** Yellow cypress.” 
Juniperus occidentalis, Hooker, ‘‘Juni- 
” 
per. 
Spach. 
Taxus brevifolia, Nuttall. ‘* Yew.” 
Pinus monticola, Douglas. ‘* Western 
white pine.” 
P. ponderosa, Douglas. 
‘*red pine.” 
contorta, 
scrub pine.” 
‘* Yellow,” or 
ED Douglas. ‘‘ Western 
P. Murrayana, Balfour.  ‘* Black 
pine.” 
P. albicaulis, Engel. ‘* White-barked 
pine.” 
Picea sitchensis, Carviére. ‘‘ Black,” 
** Sitka,” or ‘* Menzies spruce.” 
P. Engelmanni, Parry. ‘* Western 
white spruce.” 
Tsuga Mertensiana, Carriére. ‘* Wes- 
tern hemlock.” 
Pseudotsuga  Douglasii, Carriére. 
** Douglas Fir,” or ‘‘ Oregon pine.” 
Abies grandis, Lindley. ‘* White fir.” 
A. sub-alpina, Engelm. ‘‘ Western 
balsam.” 
Larix Lyallit, 
Parlatore. 
L. occidentalis, 
Nuttall. 
‘¢ Tamarac,” } 
SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
The flora of the Hawaiian group, though they are on the 
northern tropic, is most closely allied to that of New Guinea and 
Polynesia ; but three-fourths of the species are endemic. 
Among 
the forest-trees common to these other regions there are enumerated 
by Dr William Hillebrand? :—Alewrites moluccana, Jambosa 
1 The lists of timbers of Ontario and British Columbia are mainly based on 
those in the official catalogue of the Canadian Court of the Colonial and 
Indian Exhibition. 
2 “Encyclopedia Britannica,” vol. xi., p. 530. 
