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357 



ago. These foreign trees have been tried and 

 we can recommend them to the planter. We 

 have extended this research to most of the for- 

 est trees growing under the same chmatic con- 

 ditions of this province as we have studied also 

 the bull pine of the Rockies; the black pine 

 of Austria which is excellent for the planta- 

 tion of limy soil; the Engelmann spruce and 

 the Blue spruce of Colorado have been found 

 to be of more value fo rornamental purposes 

 than for reforestation; the Douglas fir does 

 not appear yet to be acclimatized enough to 

 our conditions to justify its plantation extens- 

 ively; yet we have found it to be hardy in some 

 cases, and should this experiment come to a 

 good conclusion I think the nursery will have 

 achieved very much as it is a first-class tree. 



Shade Tree Supplies. 



We have also endeavored to produce trees 

 for ornamental purposes. As you you are 

 aware the building of the national highways in 

 the province will necessitate a vast amount of 



planting and we expect to have soon some ten 

 thousand trees to devote, per year, to this pur- 

 pose. 



Everywhere people desire more and more to 

 beautify the surroundings of their property by 

 the plantation of hedges and of trees, and many 

 farmers have called upon us to secure a few 

 trees which we have gladly given them. 



The railway companies have also been on 

 the market, and we have sold to the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway, the Temiskaming and Northern 

 Ontario Railway, the Canadian Northern Rail- 

 way, many thousands of trees for the beauti- 

 fying of the stations, the holding o fthe rail- 

 way banks, etc., etc. 



Our arboretum which has an area of some 

 five acres, is located between the nursery and 

 the woodlot. It may be interesting to you to 

 learn that ten years ago this land was pastured 

 and covered only with a meagre grass. By 

 preventing the grazing we have allowed the for- 

 est to re-establish itself solidly on the eastern 

 half, and you will find there some grey birch 



Ai llu' Berihierville, P.Q. 

 Forest Nursery. 



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