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species ; no risk is run with them, as they are sure to 

 succeed in every spot where they are found to be 

 indigenous. 



In order to shed more light on the next part of my 

 work, I append a list of all the different species of 

 forest-trees of yirhich I intend to speak ; in this list will 

 be seen the botanical name of each species, in French 

 and Latin ; the common or trivial name, in French and 

 English ; with a note pointing out the province or pro- 

 A'inces in which each is indigenous. The list has been 

 composed with the greatest care ; and in order to avoid 

 mistakes, and nothing is easier than to make mistakes 

 m treating of so special a subject, I have trusted almost 

 entirely, in drawing up the list, to the information 

 furnished by a publication essentially Canadian : La 

 FliORE Oanadienne, by M. I'abb^ Provancher. 



CHAPTER IV. 



A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST-TREES COMMON TO ALL 

 THE PROVINCES OF THE DOMINIOt'. 



That the reader may the more easily form a judgment 

 as to the value, the habits, and the characteristics of the 

 . trees of our country, I will give, here, a short account 

 of the different species, beginning with those which are 

 common to all the provinces, proceeding, afterwards, to 

 enter more into detail in describing those whlph belong 

 more distinctively to each individual province. 



Two great divisions distinguish, botanically, all 

 forest-trees : they are either deciduous or evergreen ; 

 that is, their leaves are shed in the autumn, or they 

 retain them persistently throughout the year. The latter 

 characteristic is common to all conifers except the larch, 

 which sheds its leaves in the fall. I shall, therefore 



