Quebec Province Sbirlti Forest I'Uinl'uKj. 



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[Photo F. W. H. J.. May, 191-'. 

 Part of 1912 Plantation at Lachute. P.Q. 



is coiiiplflcd. ;i \vi|-f li'iicf will lie 

 erected aruuiui it. so ;is to k»M'p out 

 all stock. 



Sonic tliif1\' tliousaiirl trees will ix' 

 rtMiiiiifii, wlii, li are sui)|)li(Ml from tie- 

 proviiM iai t"or<*st nursery at HciMliirr- 

 villc. Till- trees are tlii-ee-year-old 

 stock, ilivided almost eijuaily hetweeii 

 white pine and white spi-ti< e. A 

 small niimhef of ash and elm ai"e u.seil 

 on the most favoraMe sites. 'V\\v \nuv 

 and spruce are planted in alternate 

 rows, five feet apart each way. that 

 is to say, the i-ows of trees are tivi 

 feet apart, and the trees are plaeed 

 five feet apai-t in tiie r(»w. 



The land on which the planlMl^' i> 

 heinj; done has the Nofth liver !<• 

 the north and the ('anatlian Nortliern 

 Quehec railway to the south. fhou>;li 

 neither the I'iver nor the railway 

 touches the area. 



The i-o;id out from the villajre leatl> 

 thnuifjli a prosperous farminvr coun 

 try. I)ut only a shoi-t distance out from 

 thevilla^e indications of drifting' sand 

 are to he .seen and all alonjj the road 

 are frequent instances of plant in^' 

 chiefly of (Mudfers ( spiMic*-. pine, etc.' 

 and of willows. 



The planting will he eontinu«'<i 

 next vear on an area iuimeiliately to 



the c;isl i>l Inc ;ii"ii plantiM tins ,\ '-.ir, 

 and this fall a strip will he sown with 

 heach ifi-ass .so as to furnJHh pr> 

 tion for next year's planlint' 



Th«' students who are plant mj: inc 

 area are .Messrs. F. Lnlilwrl'V <" .T 

 J). .Manpiis. H. (lueriii, .1. R. ' 

 \\. Menard. (I I'oisvtTt and ii lv«>v. 





A Good Average Specimen cf the 



Spruce Scedlinjjs Planted 



Thi« Jr... uhil«* I'll" 



11 Hi. I'"*: 



