The Scotch Pine in Canada. 131 



The Scotch Pine is proving quite hardy at Indian Head, 

 Sask., and may prove a very useful tree for the prairie provinces. 

 The following quotation from a letter received from Mr. Angus 

 MacKay, Superintendent, Experimental Farm, Indian Head, 

 gives his experience with this tree. "The Scotch Pine on the 

 Farm are very hardy and doing extra well. The 3 oldest are 

 30 feet high and the largest of the 3 is 3 1 inches around 2 feet 

 from the ground. These were planted in 1889, but I do not 

 know how old they were at the time (probably three or four 

 years old). You will understand that in the early years the 

 seasons were very dry, and little or no growth was made during 

 that time. Lately, they are growing equal to any other variety 

 and surpassing several." 



The value of this tree for timber purposes in Canada remains 

 to be seen, but owing to its rapid growth in so great a variety of 

 soils it should prove useful for many purposes. The fact that it 

 fruits so early and heavily may be an indication of a short life 

 here, but some of our native trees which reach a large size and a 

 great age here fruit early also. 



As an ornamental tree, the Scotch Pine is not nearly sO' 

 valuable as the native White Pine, not being so attractive in 

 colour of foliage, nor as graceful in form. It is a spreading 

 grower and as the leader is frequently destroyed by wind when 

 the tree is grown as an individual specimen it becomes still more 

 spreading. The Riga Pine, a variety of the Scotch Pine, is 

 much more graceful, being more upright in growth and apparent- 

 ly not suffering so much from injury bv wind. 



The August issue of Forestry and Irrigation contains statistics 

 on the timber used in the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania. 

 Reports were received from 83 per cent, of the anthracite tonnage 

 of the United States and from these the rem.aining 17 per cent. 

 was computed. The results of the tabulation show that 121,- 

 565,000 feet board measure of sawed timber and 52,440,000 

 cubic feet of round timber were used during 1905. The total 

 value of the round and sawed timber combined was $5,310,000. 

 Of the species used for round timber, yellow pine furnishes one- 

 half. Oak ranks second. For sawed timber, hemlock holds 

 first place in quantity, with yellow pine ranking second. 



