ST. JOHN: SABLE ISLAND. 



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"The plantations started very well, all of the young trees taking 

 root and the seed of the Maritime Pine germinated and came up 'as 

 thick as it can stand, and * * * very fine and strong'." 



This brief statement of the planting of the trees on Sable Island 

 should impress the reader with the great care with which the plan 

 was devised and the diligence with which the laborious planting was 

 executed. 



The Superintendent of Sable Island, R. J. Bouteillier, took a keen 

 interest in the whole project and did all that a man could to insure 

 its success. From his reports we learn that the trees began almost 

 immediately to succumb to the severity of the climate. In his first 



