222 REPORT OF THE Xo. 3 



III. Refokestation. 



At the Provincial Forest Station in Norfolk County we have the only Pro- 

 vincial forest nursery for the growing of planting stock to be used in the various 

 reforestation projects. 



There is at present in these nurseries the following stock : 



Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings 90,000 



" ■ 3 to 6 inches 382,585 



" " " " 6 to 9 inches 240,615 



9 to 12 inches 1,600 



Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) seedlings 180,000 



White Cedar (Thuya occidentalis) " ........... ....... 30,000 



European Larch (Larix europaea) " . . .; 30,000 



Miscellaneous conifers 34.000 



White Ash (Fraxinus americana) :. .; 20,525 



American Elm (Ulmus americana) 10,000 



Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) .......; 11,300 



Soft Maple (Acer dasycarpum) '. 14,250 



Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo) 11,250 



Red Oak (Quercus rubra) . 21,000 



Black Locust (Roblnia pseudacacia) 10,500 



Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) ... 7,600 



Poplar cuttings , 80,000 



Miscellaneous Hardwoods 15,000 



Total :....:..:...:. ..::\:..\ ;.:........ 1,190,225 



During the past season the distribution of nursery stock to private land- 

 owners throughout the Province was continued, 130,000 trees having been shipped. 

 The reforesting done on these areas at various points in the Province will eventually 

 show results. by way of demonstration. Many of these experimental plantations 

 are creating local interest in this work and we now have plantations in all of the 

 older counties of the Province. During the past season an officer of the Forestry 

 Branch has been inspecting the older plantations, and it is expected that a definite 

 system of inspection will be inaugurated. :' 



Additional plantations were made at the local forest station in I^^Torfolk, the 

 chief material used this season being white pine. . We now have nearly 500 acres 

 of plantations at this station, and a detailed report of growth stucWes is being 

 prepared. The following is a summary of the rate of growth in Sme of the 

 older plantations at the Norfolk Forest Station : jii 



j 

 Average ! 



Diameter. 



3.50J inches 

 2.89 



.89 " 

 .8 " 

 .72J " 



Fundamental to all reforestation problems is the growing of adaptafble nursery 

 stock, and prior to nursery stock is the securing of suitable seed. It i^ generally 

 recognized by botanists as well as foresters that seed collected from plants in 

 one locality is best for sowing in that same locality. Consequently it has been 

 the policy of this Department, in so far as possible, to collect seed from our 

 native trees for planting in connection with its reforestation work. 



It has been customary to collect in the neighbourhood of St. Williams, all 

 the seed^ necessary for growing hardwoods at the nurseries. The securing of 



