TKEES FOR ECONOMIC PLANTING. 



the amount of warmth and protection it affords is quite 

 surprising. 



The Silver Fir (Abies pectinate) is another of those trees ^/.-H 

 that have of late years fallen into disrepute, and this mainly ] 

 owing to the increased importation of foreign timber. That 

 it is an excellent and highly remunerative tree is unquestion- 

 able, and the very fact of its thriving luxuriantly on the soils 

 where the larch declines to grow should make it, in this 

 country at least, of great value as a forest tree. 



With the most satisfactory results has the timber been 

 used for railway sleepers in fact they (the four sleepers 

 laid experimentally) have stood the wear and tear quite equal 

 to those of Baltic timber, alongside of which they were 

 placed. For roofing purposes the wood has likewise 

 attained great fame, it standing vicissitudes of dry and 

 damp alternately better than almost any other home-grown 

 timber. 



The Nootka Sound Cypress (Cupressus Nootkatensis] will 

 no doubt be found valuable for profitable planting. It grows 

 with great freedom, produces good timber, and, so far, is 

 almost exempt from disease or the attacks of insects. 



Nordmann's Fir (Abies Nordmanniana), the Redwood 

 (Sequoia sempervirens), and Lambert's Cypress (Cupressus. 

 Lambertiana), will, when more readily procured, enter into 

 the composition of British woodlands, they all, at present, 

 promising favourably. 



The Conifers just treated of are about the only kinds that 

 can, from our own personal experience, be recommended for 

 profitable planting in the British Isles, and it is very question- 

 able if any other of equal merit can be added to the list. 



(2) Hardwooded Trees Amongst the best hardwoods for 

 economic planting, the oak, sycamore, and ash hold first 

 rank; second in point of value come the elm, Spanish 

 chestnut, and plane ; following up with the birch beech, 

 alder, poplar, willow, and similar trees. 



Oak. Than the oak, few trees are more profitable to 

 cultivate, as it grows readily on most good soils, is fairly 

 free from disease, and the timber realises a higher price 

 generally than that of almost any other tree. 



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