the Bast, the selection would oeera to fall on -/hite ^pruce, 

 Picea canadensis. ^he wood is considered very highly by the 

 manufacturers; while due to its extreme tolerance, planting 

 under hardTOOds coppice such as will be encountered in prac- 

 tically any reforectation project is possible. It has, how- 

 ever, the weakness common to the three native spruces of being 

 rather difficult to cultivate artificially. Only with con- 

 siderable care and Judgment can it be grown to furnish stock 

 suitable for planting at a reasonable cost per thousand. In 

 lantations established practice requires a mixed stand as a 

 protective measure against inroads from biological causes, 

 and also the largest yields are from mixtures. Such other 

 species as are considered suitable may be selected to form 

 the minority in the spruce miature, but in this particular 

 treatise consideration will be given mainly to the nursery 

 cultivation of white ^ruce. 



Seed Collection and Care. 



To what extent eccentricities in th e character 

 of individual forest trees are inherited or acquired has not 

 so far been determined satisfactorily, although certain re- 

 search along these lines has been carried on in Europe. So 

 at this period of insufficient scientific knowledge, it seems 



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