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Douglas fir seedlings have obtained a start the area has to be 

 carefully protected against fire, otherwise the prospects of 

 obtaining a satisfactory crop will disappear. 



In an earlier paragraph (p. 22) when the distribution of the 

 Douglas fir was being discussed, mention was made of the 

 isolated Douglas fir forests at the head of fiords, north of the 

 52nd parallel of latitude. So far as I am aware, no cones 

 or seed have been collected in these forests, to be tried either 

 on an experimental scale or otherwise. In the interest of 

 science, and quite apart from the question of the potential 

 value of the trees for the production of timber, it seems desirable 

 that supplies of cones should be obtained from the forests in 

 these more northerly latitudes, with a view to contrasting the 

 habits of the trees with those of other regions. 



It is perhaps not out of place that I should, in concluding 

 this paper, be allowed an opportunity of expressing my sense 

 of gratitude to Canadian and American foresters for the 

 kind treatment received at their hands in the course of my 

 travels. In particular, as regards the Canadian part of my 

 tour, my thanks are due to Mr James White, Deputy Head 

 of the Commission of Conservation ; Mr R. H. Campbell, 

 Director of the Forestry Branch, Ministry of the Interior; 

 Mr Clyde Leavitt, Chief Forester to the Commission of Con- 

 servation ; Mr A. Black, Secretary of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association; Mr M. A. Grainger, Chief Forester, British 

 Columbia ; Mr D. Roy Cameron, District Forest Inspector, 

 Dominion Forest Service, Kamloops ; Colonel Stevenson of the 

 Dominion Forest Service, Manitoba Province ; Mr Norman 

 Ross, Indian Head Forest Experiment Station ; Mr Stewart, 

 Assistant Forest Officer, Vancouver; Dr Howe of Toronto 

 University ; The President and Staff of British Columbia 

 University; Brig.-General White of the Riordan Pulp Company ; 

 Mr EUwood Wilson of the Laurantide Pulp Company ; The 

 Pacific Coast Lumberman's Association, and others. 



I had introductions to a number of pulp and paper firms in 

 the east from Mr Hall Caine of Messrs Becker & Co., Donside 

 Paper Mills, which were most helptul. 



1 had not much time at my disposal for visiting forests in the 

 United States, although I had a good general view of the forests 

 on the western seaboard, and managed to collect quantities of 

 cones and seeds in the Red-wood Belt of California. The few 



