192021 



DEPARTMENT OF LAXDS AND FOEESTS. 



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coniferous seed, however, has not been so easy, owing to the fact that some of 

 the required species do not grow in that part of the Province. Then, too, Scotch 

 pine, not being a native of this continent, most of this seed had to be imported. 

 But with the maturing of the Scotch pine plantations at St. Williams it will 

 soon be possible to gather there all the seed of that species which is required. 



The season of 1930 was a good seed year throughout Ontario for the following 

 coniferous species which are needed for the work of this Department; white pine 

 {Pinus strohus), jack pine {Pinus hanhskina), white spruce (Picea canadensis), 



Scotch pine plantation eleven years old. Planted on blow sand 

 at Provincial Forest Station. 



white ceda? (Thuya occidentalis) , balsam (Abies balsamea), tamarac (Larix 

 amencana), and hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). Collecting of these was done at 

 Angus, Ontario, as well as at St. Williams. The quantities of seed of the different 

 species collected are as follows : 



White Pine 

 Scotch Pine 

 Jack Pine . , 

 Red Pine . . 



Pounds. Pounds. 



418 White Spruce 239 



70 Norway Spruce . . , 6 



19 White Cedar 139 



1 Hemlock 14 



