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tte principal trees being conifers, such as Red- 

 -wood, Douglas Fir, Larch, Bull Pine, Cedar, 

 Hemlock, Sugar Pine, and various other Pines 

 and Spruces. In the Rocky Mountains the trees 

 are chiefly Bull Pine, Firs and Spruces, with 

 other Pines and Cedars. The southern regions 

 of the Southern States are covered with Pine 

 forests, with Cypress on the lower lands, but 

 their northern parts bear hard woods almost 

 exclusively, with mixed hard woods and conifers 

 in the central districts. The Northern States 

 are rich in hard woods mixed with conifers. 



According to a recent census, the estimated 

 value of forest produce used in a year was over 

 £200,000,000, the industries connected with the 

 preparation and sale of timber, by-products, 

 and manufactures of timber being second only 

 to agriculture, and exceeding in value the pro- 

 ducts of mining by more than 50 per cent. 

 While more than a million persons were em- 

 ployed directly or indirectly in connection with 

 the former industries. Forest fires do damage 

 which averages £5,000,000 per annum. 



" White Pine is now chiefly confined to the 

 Lake States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Min- 

 nesota, eapecially the two latter, and owing to 

 the increasing dearth in some of the markets, 

 large supphes of logs cut on the Canadian side 

 are towed over and sawn up at American mills. 



