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ale. The tune is near when the propagation of this variety of pine 

 must enter largely into our forest management. 



ct of second growth white pine, just referred to, lies along the road 

 that runs from Minerva, tlr the Hoffman Township, within and near the 



south -eastern boundary <>f the park. The land was once cleared and used for 

 farming purposes ; but It wa> abandoned and it is now overgrown with a thrifty 

 crop of conifers. Had these lands been denuded by fire, instead of farming, the 

 ulting crop of trees would have been of a different kind. Poplars and pin 

 cherries would probably have appeared in that case. The fire burns into the 

 ground, and destroys every hidden seed. Other seeds, disti 1 by well 



known agencies are subsequently deposited on its arid surface, of which the 

 poplar and bird cherry are the only ones that will germinate in the then un- 

 oil." (pp. 197-8) 







