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with greater vigour or produce more valuable 

 timber than when planted on rather poor or thin 

 gravelly soils. On the other hand the Common 

 Larch if planted on warm, gravelly soils gets 

 ' pumped ' or rotten at the core. 



Again, Taxodium distichum, Tsuga canadensis, 

 Picea nigra, Cupressus thyoides, and Thuya occi- 

 dentalis will thrive where the roots are at times, 

 or constantly submerged, and are therefore well 

 suited for planting in damp or marshy ground. 

 In the following lists the principal coniferous trees 

 that have been found to succeed in the particular 

 class of soil with which they are associated are 

 arranged in alphabetical order. 



CHALKY OR CALCAREOUS 



Abies amabilis. 

 ,, cephalonica. 

 ,, magnifica. 

 „ nobilis. 

 ,, numidica. 

 „ Pinsapo. 

 Cedrus atlantica. 

 „ Deodara, 

 ,, Libani. 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana. 

 „ macrocarpa. 



Ginkgo biloba. 

 Juniper us communis. 

 „ chinensis. 

 „ Sabina. 

 „ ,, tamarisci- 



folia. 



Larix europaea. 



,, leptolepis. 

 Picea excelsa. 

 Pinus Cembra. 

 excelsa. 

 Laricio. 



,, austriaca. 

 Pinaster. 

 Strobus. 

 sylvestris. 

 tuberculata. 

 Pseudolarix Fortunei. 

 Taxus baccata and 



varieties. 

 Thuya plicata. 

 „ occidentalis. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana. 

 „ nootkatensis. 

 Juniperus communis. 



GRAVELLY AND SANDY 



Juniperus Sabina. 



fol]a. 



tamarisci- 



