PART II. FOREST PLANTING ON PLAINS. 



HAVING treated in the foregoing part of general 

 matters of forest culture, we will now consider the 

 various kinds of forest planting. 



All forest vegetation is dependent, not only upon the 

 climate of the country, but also upon the soil and loca- 

 tion The State of New York is especially favored in its 

 situation, as its climate is moderated by the close prox- 

 imity to the Atlantic Ocean, a circumstance that increases 

 the humidity of the generally very dry air, and causes a 

 snow, and rainfall sufficient to produce a luxurious 

 forest-growth. Woods, therefore, have sprung up all 

 over the State, except in those places where the soil is 

 too poor to bring forth any vegetation at all, and the 

 variety of trees of spontaneous growth is larger here than 

 in any other State of the Union by reason of the many 

 varieties of soil and diversities of elevation, the latter in 

 many cases reaching heights where only bushes and 

 shrubs grow. 



As the vegetation on the plains shows a marked differ- 

 ence from that on the mountains, both in regard to 

 varieties and treatment, we have to consider them sepa- 

 rately and will take up first, Forest Planting on Plains. 



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