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markuhlv last for tiic tirst fifteen 

 years, hut after this period is caught 

 up with Jitid passed hv the native 

 variety. 



The valu<» of hirch as a tiiuher 

 tree is universally acUnowlrd^ed, 

 but it has suHiTcd iiiiirh from dis- 

 ease in F]urop»», consniuently varie- 

 ties from other countries have been 

 tried in order to lind one which 

 would he immune from the very 

 prevahuit larch disease. 



Caiuuliiin hemlock is ancther tree 

 which is hcinj? experimented with on 

 a larjre scale. Professor Mayr was 



on the latter, althouKh they do con- 

 siderable damage to the native var- 



When sylvieulture Ih gtiidied from 

 its commercial asjiect it is interest- 

 ing to note how snudl is the nundier 

 of species which are cultivated in 

 liavaria, and how alike they are to 

 the commercial trees of Eastern 

 Canada. 



Th«» spruce is by far the lom 

 monest tree and is calleil by (ierman 

 foresters "the bread-winner." The 

 silver fir (Abies peetinatat is also 

 i( uimon. The Weymouth pine and 



(Courtesy American Lumberman.) 

 Thirty-year-old Coppice near Karlsruhe, Germany. 



of oninion that it was a fast grower. 

 As hemlock is an exotic to Kurope. 

 its cultivation is being followed with 



interest. 



Cultivated Trees. 



The Canadian or Weymouth white 

 pine (IMmis .strobus"* has been culti- 

 vated in Kurope for over a hundred 

 years, jind is now classified as a na- 

 tive tree. 



The Bavarian spruce (IMcea exeel- 

 sa) is probably the most cultivated 

 forest tree in Bavaria : the needles 

 have not nearly so stron«r a scent as 

 the Canadian variety (Pieea cana- 

 densis). The roe deer will not feed 



also the Scotch pine (Pinus sylves- 

 tris) are the most important pines 

 cultivated. These, with the larch 

 (Larix europea), practically com- 

 plete the list of conifers. 



I understand the oak, ash. beech 

 and sycanu>re are the most important 

 of the deciduous trees (possibly 

 birch and alder might be included 

 in this list^ but I did not visit any 

 linr<l\vood f«)n»sts. 



A German Forest. 



Forstenrieder Park was the first 

 forest we visiteti. It is situated about 

 fifteen miles south of Munich. We 

 saw some of the wild boar which are 



