ILLUSTRATED GUIDE t05 



CHAPTEE XI. 



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NATUEATi RESTORATION OF THE FORESTS. 



Extensive districts, long cleared of their forest-growth, 

 frequently cover themselves again with ^ 



wood, if care is taken to aid nature in her ^ 



operations. G-enerally speaking, plains and /^ ^ 

 damp marshes, where a few wretched stunt- ^ W 

 ed trees show themselves here and there, ss-SKd^ofarbor; 

 are susceptible of this treatment. Drainage, by means of 

 deep open-ditches of sufficient frequency to admit of the 



96. — Tsuga Canadensis — Hemlock. 



trees growing, if not of perfectly drying the land, is the 

 only thing necessary. The moment that this has been 

 done, a multitude of little trees will spring up. which 

 were only waiting for this amelioration to show them- 

 selves ; and the new growth is usually so prolific and so 



