Forest Management in Dominion Parks 



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Pholo by 



Knechtel 



One of the most beautiful scenes in America. Looking down the vaKev of the Bow River from a 



gallery of the C.P.R. hotel at Banlf. 



poses tile trees are selected on ae- 

 count of beautiful foliage, graceful 

 form, color of liark. aliilit\- of the 

 roots to hold the soil in jjlaee on 

 steep slopes, vitality to live in expos- 

 ed situations, or for other attractive 

 or inherent characters. Great variety 

 of species is desirable in such plant- 

 ing, whether the trees are good for 

 sawmill j)ui"poses or not. Thus, in 

 the parks of P]urope, along roadways, 

 and also distributed through the 

 woods, are several species of Ameri- 

 can trees, planted for no othei- rea- 

 son than that the foliage turns a 

 beautiful color in autumn. Long 

 avenues are planted with birch trees 

 on account of the striking white 

 color of the trunks. 



For market purposes trees ar-^ 

 planted close togethei", about four oi* 

 five feet apart. Ruch crowding de- 

 prives the trees of their limbs and 

 causes them to grow timber of good 

 <iuality. But in park planting the 

 chief object is to cover the ground 



witli vei'dui'c and the linihs give the 

 tree its charm. The trees may, there- 

 for.', be j)lace(| fai'lher apart. 



WIIERK SCENERY COIWTS. 



.Many areas in a Dominion Park 

 such as hill-tops and steep slopes 

 might, from a scenic point of view, 

 be profitably reforested, where, from 

 a commercial standpoint, it would be 

 folly to reforest as the trees, though 

 they might grow lai'ge enough for 

 aesthetic purposes, might not grow 

 to timber size, and even if they did 

 the timber might l)e difficult to get 

 to the sawmill. 



Reforestation for commercial pur- 

 poses crowds out every kind of vege- 

 tation excepting a very few species of 

 timber trees; but it is very essential 

 for parks purposes that other species 

 and shrubbery and large flower areas 

 and even grassy spots should be pre- 

 served. 



In a commercial forest the roads 

 are located with a view to getting 



