1S4 Canadian Forestry Journal. 



two of the series, the new Director having decided that Vol. XVI 

 will be the last of the series. 



The feature that differentiates Vol. XIV from its predeces- 

 sors is, undoubtedly, the Index. For the first time since these 

 volumes have been published, has a really adequate index been 

 issued with the work and any one who has need to consult 

 scientific books knows what a void a reliable and complete 

 Analytical Index can fill. 



The compiler of the Index to Vol. XIV is Editor to the 

 Geological Survey and has now in preparation an Index of the 

 Survey's publications since 1885. We have been permitted to 

 inspect the manuscript of this general Index and can assure our 

 readers that it is compiled with an amount of care and conscien- 

 tiousness very rare in Government contract work. No trouble has 

 been spared to make the work a reliable reference to the resources 

 of the Dominion as expounded by the Survey officers, and though 

 forestry has not received any more attention than any other 

 branch of the work, it was naturally to forestry that we turned. 



Every tree, plant or flower in Canada is assigned to the 

 district or districts in which it is found, so that one has only to 

 look up each particular tree in the Index to know exactly in what 

 locality it flourishes. It has occurred to us that it would be of 

 great service to our readers if we were to print, from time to time, 

 extracts from this work, showing the exact distribution of the 

 common trees in Canada. A very great many references, for 

 example, are assigned to "Spruce" — too many, by far, for us to 

 print in this issue, but the list is divided into the various kinds 

 of spruce, from which we cull, as an illustration, the white 

 variety. It must, however, be mentioned that the work is not 

 yet completed and that the subjoined list does not, therefore, 

 purport to include every district in which white spruce is found. 



SPRUCE, WHITE. 



Anticosti 196 A, Vol. XIV. 



ALBERTA 



Peace River Region 6 D, Vol. V. 



Slave River 61 D, Vol. IV. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



Cassiar Trail 66, 69 B, Vol. III. 



Notes on occurrences of, in northern 



portion 24, 186 B, Vol. III. 



KEEWATIN 



Churchill River District 147 F, Vol. IX. 



Cochrane River 112, 188 F, Vol. IX. 



Dubawnt River 42 A, Vol. VII. 



