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are to be transplanted; this principle 

 should not be lost sight of. If it is 

 desirable to have plantations of a 

 high aesthetic value, the species will 

 have to be of a diversified selection 

 and set in such a manner as to have 

 their shapes and foliage form most 

 attractive designs of shades and back- 

 grounds. The planter will also have 

 to take into consideration the blos- 

 som-time of each species in order to 

 match them in such a way as to have 

 the best appearance. All trees have 

 their value, even from the ornamental 

 point of view, and in most cases, they 

 only require to be given a proper 

 arrangement to bring out their most 

 attractive aspects. 



Bcrnadin de Saint-Pierre in his 

 Studies of Nature saw gracefulness in 

 willows, while we of Quebec province, 

 find but defects in them. We do not 

 care for them because their leaves 

 are warty and because, in the fall, 

 they soil our lawns. We scorn the 

 poplar because, in the spring, their 

 downy blossoms stick to our gar- 

 ments^ However, are there more 

 beautiful ornamental plantations than 

 those gigantic willows which border 

 the Montreal-Quebec route, in the 

 parish of Saint-Paul I'Ermite, and do 

 they not somewhat remind us of the 

 exuberance of the tropical forests? 

 To my mind, maples and elms are not 

 more picturesque. 



The basswood, besides being a 

 beautiful tree, is used in an infinite 

 number of ways; the products of this 

 tree will soon be more needed than 

 any other woods of our province. 

 The Carolina poplar is, together with 

 the basswood, the species whose uses 

 are most varied. 



Oak, Basswood and Poplar 



I should therefore use the two 

 last-mentioned species with the oak, 

 near our villages. In very poor soils, 

 our pines would better alternate with 

 the birches, for the shade of their 

 stems are such as to bring out their 

 respective values. 



The ashes, the willows and a few 

 cedars would be planted in wet 

 ground; the elms, the black walnuts 

 and the tamaracks would be best in 

 fresh soil; the red maple, which is one 



of the first trees to blossom, in the 

 spring, and likewise one of the first 

 to lose its leaves, in the fall, would be 

 intermingled with the sugar maple 

 whose leaves are not fully developed 

 until the beginning of June and 

 which does not shed its leaves but 

 late in the fall. 



Beech too Slow 



I should hardly recommend the 

 beech-tree, whose growth is exceed- 

 ingly slow, and the wild black cherry 

 tree. 



I do not mention all the rare 

 species and those which, however 

 common they' may be in our city 

 parks, are not yet well known. 



In such an enterprise as that of a 

 plantation, economy must be aimed 

 at, in utilising plants which are the 

 least expensive and which are at the 

 same time liable to produce valuable 

 wood or, else, by-products, such as 

 fruits. 



(Extracts from a paper read before 

 the second annual meeting of the 

 Quebec Forestry Engineers' Associa- 

 tion, held at Laval University, Que- 

 bec, on the 6th, 7th and 8th January, 

 1918.) 



LT. W. E. DEXTER IN GOOD 

 HEALTH 



In the lists of foresters and forest 

 students overseas printed in the 

 January Forestry Journal appeared 

 the name of Lt. W. E. Dexter as 

 "killed." Although the list was 

 received by the Journal with Mr. 

 Dexter's name so included, it is a 

 pleasure to be able to state that 

 Mr. Dexter at last reports was in 

 good health. 



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 subscription to the Canadian Fores- 

 try Journal, which has become a very 

 welcome visitor to my home. Wish- 

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Yours truly, 



(Signed) Arthur Boyer. 



Montmartre, Sask. 



