TREES TO PLANT 



larch, rapidity of growth, and value of timber 

 produced, the tree should be largely employed 

 in every scheme of afforestation. 



The Scotch pine, from a purely commercial 

 point of view, is a valuable tree, and should be 

 extensively planted, especially in light soils 

 and at high altitudes. It will thrive in the 

 poorest of soils, and in its requirements in the 

 way of moisture it is one of the least exacting. 

 Than that of the Scotch pine the timber of no 

 other coniferous tree has been so extensively 

 used during the last four years. Though the 

 tree will grow up to an altitude of nearly 

 2,000 feet in this country, yet the perfect 

 development takes place at a lower level say 

 between 600 and 800 feet. As to the soil in 

 which this tree does best and produces the 

 most valuable timber, that of a light gravelly 

 or sandy loam, or granite-formation, and with 

 a northern aspect, is preferred. The uses to 

 which the timber is applied are many and 

 varied, including pit-props, palings, builder's 

 laths, stores and fencing. When planked out 

 of large, old trees the timber is largely in use 



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