V4 THE TREASURES 



Hence, it appears, tliat the value of tlie products of tlie forest 

 exported to Gi-eat Britain, lias steadil}- increased during the last 

 three years; the numbers indicating those values, being in 1849i , 

 £670,914; in 1850, £741,091; in 1851, £854,658. 



Table showing the kinds of forest productions exported, in 

 1851:— 



A'aliie Valne of 



ARTICLES. of Exports 



Exports. to U. B. 



Ashes, Pots, brls 27,944 £172,496 £153,528 



Pearls, do :.. 8,463 43,8G5 42,282 



Timber, Ash, tons 3,018 3,726 3,710 



Birch, do 4,043 5,505 5,504 



Elm, do 35,644 49,146 49,072 



Maple, do 449 435 404 



Oak, do 40,976 57,460 47,425 



Pme, ■ffTiite, do 453,435 400,972 38 1 ,370 



Red, do 91,145 114,875 114,524 



Tamarack, do 4,356 1,415 517 



Walnut, M feet 1,194 5,934 113 



Basswood, Butternut and 



Hiclcory,do 79 243 43 



Staves, Stalidai-d, MUe 1,195 20,769 1 5,5 1 9 



Other, do 4,509 92,044 88,213 



Battens, Knees.Soautling, Tree 



Nails, ifec, pieces 729,C59 11,060 525 



Deals, do 3,526,647 239,369 238,931 



PlajksandBoards, Sup. Feet. 120,175,596 209,108 855 

 Spars, Masts and Handspikes, 



pieces 9,482 14,101 12,505 



Lath and Fiiewood, cords 17,356 11,641 8,142 



Shingles, niiUe 20,972 7,880 



Saw Logs, No 34,425 8,642 



Other Woods 11,364 887 



Eurs and Skins 28,085 7,939 



Total £1,510,135 £1,171,998 



It is thus seen at a glance that forest productions, exclusive 

 of Pot and Pearl Ashes, and the Furs and Skins of animals, are 

 of the highest economic importance to us, and y«t who, that is 

 acquainted with the divei-sified trees of'our forests, can fail to 

 perceive that very extensive sources of revenue are neglected 

 from ignorance of the value of many species of wood, which are 

 e.specially adapted to the peculiar puiposes of artificere in Great 

 Britain, but do not appear in the enumerated list of exports. 



We are led to these remarks in consequence of the infoimation 

 respecting forest productions which the recent Exhibition of All 

 Nations in London has brought to light. 



Not less than one hundred and thirty varieties of British wood 

 were exhibited at that magnificent exposition of industry. Among 

 them, it may be well to mention, specimens of apple, pear, plum, 

 and apricot trees were introduced, in consequence of those woods 

 being much sought after by toy manufacturei-s, turnei's, &c. For 

 obvious reasons, such woods would possess httle value in this 

 countiy, either as an article of export or for the purposes of 

 domestic manufacture. 



Europe contributed forty-nine \arieties of wood, most of them 

 used in ship building, carpentry, furnitm'e, and dyeino-. 



Asia contributed about two hundred specimens. The United 

 Stat&s forty-two. Canada thirty-one. 



We subjoin a list of the woods sent from the United States 

 and Canada, lemarking however, that some of the s^ -?ics enu- 



OF OUR FORESTS. 



[1852. 



merated in the attached list and credited to the United States, 

 grow well and are abundant in Canada. 



WOODS OF NORTH AMERICA.* 



AGE OF GROW! 



Ash, American (Fraxinus) 

 Ash, white — Upper Canada. 

 Balsam (Picea balsamea) — 



Upper Canada 

 Bass Wood (Tilia)— U. C, 



Beech, white (Fagus amer- 



icaua) — U. S. 

 Beecli (Fagus fennigiuea) — 



Upper Canada 



Bii'ch, black (Betula nigra) 



Birch (Betula- — ?)— U. C 



Box elder, ash leaved maple 

 (Acer Negundo) — U. S. 



Butter uut (Jugkusciuerea) 

 Upper Canada 



Butter wood 



Button wood,sycaraore(Pla- 

 tauus occidentalis) — U. S. 



Cedar (LarLx ?)— U. C, 



Cedar, red or pencil (Juui 

 perus bermudiana) — Ber- 

 muda 



Cedar, led (.Juniperus vir- 

 giniana) — U. S. 



Cherry wood (Prunus — ?) 



Upp. Canada 

 Cherry, wild (Cerasus vir 



giuiana) United States 

 Chesnut (Castanea vesca) 



U.S. 

 Coffee tree (Gymnocladus 



canadensis) — U. S. 

 Cvpress (Cupressus disti- 



"cha)— U. S. 

 Dogwood (Cornus florida) 



—U.S. 

 Elm (Ulmus americana) — 



U. C. 

 Elm, american rock 

 Elm, rock 

 Elm, swamp 

 Elm, white 

 Ehu, red (Ulmus fiava)U.S 



Gum tree, sour, or black 

 (N"3'ssa multifiora)— U. S. 



Hack-berry (Geltis crass- 

 ifolia)— U. S. 



Hackmatack (Larixameri- 

 ca) 



do. do. dc ■ 3 



Hazel, wych, or Quebec rock 



elm Ulraus ? — Canada 



.43 



.51 



Heralock( Abies canadensis):23 



U. S. 

 Heml-ck spruce — U. C. .123 

 Hickory (C;iryaamara)U.S.! . 

 Hickory, pignut ( Carya;49 



porcina) — U. S. 

 Hickory, shell-b,irk (Ciirya43 



sulc.ita)— U. S. I 



Hickory? . . J47 



Hickory (Juglaus alba) — 48 



u. c. I 



Honey locust ( Glcditschia 40 

 triacantluis) — U. S. | 



30 14 

 19 



12 2 

 36 9 



30 11 

 24 



28 12 

 36 8 



18 6 

 34 15 



■26 10 



29 15 



32 3 

 25 4 

 10, 7 



33 13 



I 



47 4 



I 



56 11 



■)6 3 



37 10 



(3 10 



34 5 



Tough, elastic, much useJ 

 Carpentry. 



Even grain, like common 

 limewood 



Drj' carpentry ; tlie wood 



has more rut'ous tint than 



common beecli 

 Shipbuilding in Canada and 



Nova Scotia, but not a 



durable wood 

 An inferior wood 



Shipbuilding 



Much used tor making bed- 

 steads 



Shipbuilding and for mak- 

 ing pencils 



For making pencils, but not 

 so good as the junip. 

 bermudiana 



Hard, compact, sti-ong, tough 

 Grows to an immense size 

 Hard, close-grained strong 



ShipbuUding 



preferred to English elm 

 By wheelwrights 



Tough, elastic 



Esteemed in British North 

 America for shipbuilding 

 Shipbuilding 



Common carpcutiy 



Stronger and better than any 

 other kmd of Iiickory 



Very liard, splits with great 

 facility 



LabcllcJ and Cla»siliocl bv Mr. W. W. Saunders, al the Oreal Exhibilion. 



