1S2 THE FOREST LANDS OF NORTHERN RUSSIA. 



1 3. The wood so prepared may be exported, and the 

 contractor has liberty to erect sawmills, to build ships, to 

 navigate the same on the "White Sea, and to erect his own 

 wharfs. 



' The Vuig forest being of great extent, and not having 

 heretofore produced any revenue, it is now of great 

 importance.' 



The Russian term for a forest is Metsa ; for a wood, 

 Pinto. 



The following are the names of some of the common 

 trees in Russ English : 



English. JRuss. 



Ash Yaseen. 



Alder, Olha. 



Apple, ...... Yablone. 



Aspen, Oseena. 



Beech, Book. 



Birch Bereza. 



Cherry, . . . . . . Beeshna. 



Chestnut, Kashtan. 



Elder, ...... Buseena. 



Elm, Vyass. 



Fir Hanka, 



Mountain Ash, .... Rabcena. 



Oak, Doob. 



Pear, Grushna. 



Plane, Yavor. 



Sycamore, ..... Leekaya. 



Willow, Eva. 



The Russian vershok is equal to about If inches; the 

 arsJiin to about 28 inches ; . the sajeen - 7 feet ; the deci- 

 tin = GO x 40, or 2,400 square sajeens, or 2'69972 English 

 acres ; a verst = two-thirds of a mile. 



SECTION III. CLASSIFIED LIST OF PLANTS. 



The following is a list of plants found in the vicinity of 

 Lake Onega, supplied to me by Forst-Meister Alexander 

 K. Guenther, of Petrozavodsk, in charge of State Forests 

 in the district : 



