240 CONIFEROUS TREES 



The Sitka Spruce {Picea sitchensis), the 

 timber of which is so valuable in the making of 

 aeroplanes, has been found to be well suited for 

 cultivation in this country, where several speci- 

 mens are over loo feet high. For general affor- 

 esting purposes it is to be recommended, and 

 succeeds best in dampish loam. 



NooTKA Cypress (Cupressus nootkatensis) 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 planting. The stem is usually '' carrot- 

 shaped " or with a quick taper from the ground 

 upwards. 



Lawson Cypress (C. Lawsoniana). — For forest 

 planting this cypress might be included, its great 

 hardihood, ease of culture, and quality of timber 

 produced being special recommendations. Growl- 

 ing 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. 



Redwood [Sequoia sempervirens) is rarely re- 

 commended 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, however. 



