TREES AND SOIL. 



The following is a brief summary of the trees that have 

 been found best suited for the soils with which they are 

 associated in the list : 



Acacia. Rich soil gravelly. 



Alder. Rich, damp soil, in proximity to water. 

 Ash. Alluvial deposit, or rich yellow loam. 

 -Beech. Gravelly or chalky loam. 

 Birch. Poor upland slopes and light soils. 

 Cherry. Rich, dampish vegetable soil. 

 #v>- Chestnut. Deep, rich sandy or gravelly loam. 

 Chestnut (horse) Good firm loam : dampish. 

 Elm (English). Deep, dry loam. 

 Elm (Scotch). Upland rocky soils. 

 Hazel. Good loam, on chalk preferable. 

 Hornbeam. Poor clayey soils. 

 Lime. Firm, well-drained loam. 

 Maple (English). Loam on chalk. 

 Maple (Sugar). Deep, sandy soil. 

 Mountain Ash. Rocky soils and gravelly loam. 

 Oak. Deep, rich and rather stiff loam. 

 Poplar. Preferably a moist rich soil. 

 Sycamore. Rich, open loamy soils and alluvial deposit. 

 Walnut. Rich, wheat soil. 

 Willow. Dampish and fairly good soils. 



Coniferous Trees. 

 Douglas Fir. Rich gravel or sandy soil. 



Larch. Fairly rich loam, in upland or rocky situation. 

 Pine (Scotch) Light and poor gravelly soils. 

 "~*~Pine ( Austrian). Calcareous formation. 

 ^frPine (Corsican). Loam on deep gravel. 



Pine (Cluster or Pinaster). Deep sand on the sea coast. 

 Silver Fir. Good, rich loam. 

 -Thuja Gigantea. Fairly rich soil of almost every 



description. 



Thujopsis Borealis. Gravelly or sandy loam ; in shel- 

 tered situations. 



It must be borne in mind that perhaps every species above 

 enumerated will succeed in other soils than those recom- 

 mended, but with a wide and intimate knowledge of the 

 individual kinds and their requirements we may conclude 

 that for general planting the above instructions as to 

 soil are well worthy of attention. 



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