CONIFERS FOR ECONOMIC PLANTING. V>7 



Pinus monticola produces a large bulk of excellent 

 elastic timber, which is light, tough, and easily worked. 



Cupressus nootkatensis (the Nootka Cypress) is 

 likely to turn out a useful forest tree, it being very hardy, 

 free of growth, and producing fine and clean-grained timber. 

 The production of timber is somewhat slow even when 

 the tree is growing on rich soil, while the appearance of the 

 tree in our woodlands is anything but ornamental owing to 

 the loss of the branches consequent on close order of growth. 

 The stem is usually " carrot-shaped," or with a quick taper 

 from the ground upwards. 



C. Lawsoniana (the LawsonCypress). — For forest plant- 

 ing this cypress might be included, its great hardihood, ease 

 of culture, and quality of timber produced, being special re- 

 commendations. Growing in soil of good quality, I have noted 

 the upward rate of growth to be 43 feet in twenty-seven years, 

 but this is rather unusual. Home-grown timber is clean, 

 light, easily worked, and of a pleasing yellow colour. For 

 indoor work it is well suited, and fencing posts made of the 

 wood are lasting well. 



The Redwood {Sequoia seinpei'virens) is rarely recom- 

 mended for profitable planting, but from experiments I have 

 undertaken and measurements made it would seem to be a 

 more valuable tree than is generally supposed. It must, how- 

 ever, be grown in good, rich soil and where shelter is afforded, 

 perferably, too, in maritime situations. The rate of growth 

 under such conditions is rapid, and the timber of good quality. 

 In one instance I have known the tree to reach a height of 84 

 feet in twenty-nine years. 



Mount Atlas or African Oedar {Cedms atlanticd). 

 — This tree has several good qualities for economic planting, it 

 growing well on cold stiff soils, and standing exposure in an 

 almost remarkable manner. 



The Larife-fruited Cypress {Cupressus macro- 



carpd) is one of the most valuable species for planting in 

 exposed maritime situations, and its value in economic 

 planting lies in its affording a great amount of shelter, and 



