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Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1920 





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GOIN(J To BUILD SCOTLAND'S KUUKSTS. 

 Portion of 600 sacks of Sitka Spruce cones on tlie dock at Port Clements, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, B.C. Collected for the Board of Agriculture for Scotland by the Dominion Forestry 

 Branch', undtT direction of B. R. Morton. 



REFORESTING SCOTLAND WITH CANADIAN SEEDS 



In reply to a letter asking how well British 

 Columbia seeds were doing in the Scottish re- 

 forestation operations, Col. W. S. Fothering- 

 ham, in charge, writes as follows: 



"During the years 1918 and 1919, consider- 

 able quantities of seed of various coniferous 

 species were specially collected in Canada un- 

 der the direction of R. H. Campbell, of the 

 Dominio7 Forestry Branch. In 1918, consign- 

 ments of seed of white spruce, white pine, low- 

 land fir and red cedar were received. The seed 

 was distributed between two nurseries, one in 

 the north-east of Scotland and the other m the 

 west. Before being sown, the seed was tested 

 at the seed testing station of the Scottish Board 

 of Agriculture and showed satisfactory results 

 In the case of white spruce and western red 

 cedar. The lowland fir and white pine gave 

 only poor results. The subsequent germina- 

 tion of the nursery beds confirmed these tests 

 A large number of seedlings of white spruce and 

 western red cedar were obtained. The prepara- 

 tion and cleaning of the seed had been carefully 

 done, as the tests for purity confirmed. 



"In the year 1919, seeds were received ot 

 Douglas fir, Sitka spruce and birch. The ger- 

 mination and purity tests were agam of a high 

 order, and about IVi million seedlings were ob- 

 tained In this case, a quantity of the Douglas 

 fir seed was sown at Murthly, in Perthshire, and 

 the number of seedlings obtained per pound of 

 seed was much greater than that obtained m 

 the northern nursery. 



"The species of Canadian seed principally re- 

 quired are Douglas fir and Sitka spruce, and it 

 is highly desirable that the localities in which 

 these seeds are collected should conform as 

 nearly as possible with the climatic conditions 

 in which the trees are to be grown ultimately. 

 A note regarding the climate conditions of the 

 various districts in which seed is collected would 

 be of considerable value in allocating the seed 

 and subsequently the seedlings to districts in 

 Scotland, such as east or west coasts, high or 

 low elevations, and generally to place the trees 

 under conditions of growth as similar as possible 

 to that of their native habitat." 



CONVENTION SPEECHES. 



Men would rather hear one practical plan for 

 doing one thing than the principles for doing a 

 thousand. 



Many a speech would never have been de- 

 livered if the speaker had first had some one 

 read it to him. 



People like a speaker who talks a little too 

 long, just the same as they like a train that is 

 a little too late. 



Remember, your speech is not just twenty 

 minutes long — it is twenty minutes multiplied 

 by the number of people in the room. 



— American Lumberman. 



