108 FOREST CULTURE AND 
ture; one plantation for the desert, one for subalpine 
regions, one for the deep valleys of the woodlands. 
The two latter might be in close vicinity at the Black 
Spur, and thus within the reach of ready traffic. The 
outlay in each case would be modest indeed. What 
an endless number of new industrial plants might 
thus be brought together within a few hours’ drive 
of the city, under all the advantages of rich soil, 
shelter, and irrigation! What an attractive collection 
for the intelligent and studious might thus be per- 
manently formed. 
I will not weary this audience by giving a long 
array of names of any plants resisting alpine Winters, 
such asin our snow-clad higher mountains they would 
have to endure, We know that the Apple will live 
where even the hardy Pear will succumb ; both will 
still thrive on our alpine plateaus. The Larch, strug- 
gling in vain with the dry heat of our open lowlands, 
would be a tree of comparatively rapid growth near 
alpine heights. The Birch, in Greenland, the only 
tree in Italy ascending to six thousand feet, in Rus- 
sia the most universal, and there yielding for famed 
tanning processes its valued bark, is living—to quote 
the forcible remarks of an elegant writer—‘ is living 
on the bleak mountain sides from which the sturdy 
Oak shrinks with dismay.’? Add to it, if you like, 
the Paper- Birch, and a host of arctic, andine, and 
other alpine trees and bushes. Disseminate the Straw- 
berries of the countries of our childhood, naturalize 
the Blackberry of northern forest moors. The Ameri-_ 
can Cranberry-bush (Vaccinium macrocarpum), with 
its large fruits, is said to have yielded on boggy mead- 
ows, such as occupy a large terrain of the Australian 
