NATIONAL AFFORESTATION 



The Douglas fir is in certain restricted 

 situations a valuable tree, but to grow it to 

 perfection good soil and sheltered valleys are 

 necessities. It is of very rapid growth, having 

 been known to produce 240 cubic feet of 

 timber in forty years. For general planting it 

 is not to be recommended, but in afforesting 

 large areas of ground suitable sheltered dips 

 may be found in which it will succeed and 

 produce a good volume of timber. 



The silver fir grows to an immense size 

 everywhere over the country, but the timber 

 is comparatively rough and the lasting pro- 

 perties hardly second rate. 



The above are the trees that will enter 

 most prominently into extensive afforesting 

 schemes, all being well-tried subjects and of 

 economic value. 



Of course, others may be tried, but for 

 planting high-lying, exposed grounds well- 

 tried subjects such as the larch, spruce, Scotch, 

 Corsican, and white or Wey mouth pines, will 

 find a predominant place. 



