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feet in diameter is the size of this tree at maturity. It 

 grows very quickly, and specimens have been found 

 twenty-five feet high by five inches in diameter twelve 

 years from sowing. Young plants, taken up in the 

 forests where, the soil being suitable to the elm, they 

 grow in great numbers, may be transplanted success- 

 fully the first year. The wood of the elm is much sought 

 after by the cartwright, in spite of its tendency to 

 shrink (travailler). Engraving No. 28, p. 64, shows the 

 American elm, and engraving No. 29, p 55, its leaf and 

 seed 



SECTION II. 



CONIFEROUS TREES. 



Of the varities of coniferous trees mentioned in the 



general list, the following are those which are common 



to all the provinces of the Dominion : 



Abies alba White spruce. 



Abies Americana Double-balsam fir. 



Abies balsamifera Balsam-fir. 



Abies excelsa .' Norway spruce. 



Abies nigra Black-spruce. 



Larix Americana American larch, 



Pinus Banksiana Cypress. 



Pinus resinosa Norway pine. 



Pinus strobus Weymouth or white-pine. 



Abies Alba — White-Spruce. 



The white-spruce grows freely iu almost every soil, 

 and delights especially in those that are cool and gra- 

 velly. It does not do so well in soils that are damp, and 

 dies off soon in strong clays. The land need not be deep, 

 for this tree has no tap-root — its roots are all laterals. 

 Though the seed, which can be kept for two or even 

 three years, ripens in autumn, still, it is advisable to 



