4o6 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



which had turned yellow at this season, rendered the trees very conspicuous ; but in 

 all cases the groves were confined to strictly northern slopes. We encamped in a 

 small grove, where the trees did not exceed 40 feet in height, and observed numerous 

 seedlings ; but were forced to descend on account of a heavy fall of snow and to 

 leave the larger and more important forests unvisited. 



Further east, in the Kintla lake region, Ayres ^ reports that the mountain slopes 

 are best wooded on the northern slopes, where the Alpine larch reaches a height of 

 80 feet and a diameter of 30 inches. It is more vigorous here than in any other 

 locality seen by Ayres, who considers that the tree will produce timber suitable for 

 mining purposes. (A. H.) 



' U.S. Geol, Survey, Flathead forest Reurve, 277 (1900). 



