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While the Korean pine, Pinus Jwraiensis, has been little 

 planted in Canada as yet, and is a rather slow grower, it is a 

 very promising species for ornamental purposes. At Ottawa, 

 a tree planted in 189G is about twenty feet in height, and next 

 to the white pine is, perhaps, the most ornamental species in 

 the Arboretum. It is a five-leaved pine, heavier in appearance 

 and darker in foliage than the white pine, and is strongly 

 recommended for trial in eastern Canada. 



Few trees of Pinus Pence are to be found in Canada. It is 

 proving quite hardy at Ottawa, and, planted in 189(), has made 

 a compact, attractive tree about twenty feet in height. It is 

 a rather slow-growing five-leaved pine, rather upright in habit 

 and of bluish-green appearance, and, while not as ornamental 

 as P. Strobus, P. Cembra, or P. koraiensis, the best three five- 

 leaved pines for eastern Canada, it is a useful species. 



Additional species doing well, at least when young, in the 

 coast region of southern British Columbia, including Vancouver 

 Island, where the winters are very mild, are: Pinus Ayacahuite, 

 P. Coulteri, P. densiflora, P. Jeffreyi, P. Massoniana, P. 

 cembroides var. Parryana, P. radiata, P. Sabiniana, P. Tor- 

 reyana. No doubt other species not yet thoroughly tested will 

 be found quite hardy. 



Cunninghamia lanceolata, which is closely related to the pines, 

 has been under test on Vancouver Island for several years and 

 is doing fairly well. 



The spruces. 



The spruce is a very important tree in Canada, as a large 

 proportion of the great quantities of pulp wood cut in this 

 country is spruce, and much lumber is manufactured from it. 

 It is valuable for ornamental purposes also. There are five 

 species in Canada, the white, black, and red in the east, and the 



