' 50 VOCaBULARY. 



Castanea — Latin name of the chestnut. 



Coffee-tree — Family leguminosse — only one species in 

 Canada. 



Conifers — Botanical name of a family which bear their 

 seeds in cones. 



Copse or Coppice — Woodlands cut down periodically 

 and allowed to shoot up again. 



CoTTON-WGOD — Canada poplar. 



Crown-lands — Lands not yet conceded— public pro- 

 perty. 



D 



Drive — In forest-language, means to float timber down 

 the rivers to the place of sale or consumption. 



E 



EiiM-T-Family ulmac6es — two species in Canada. 



Exploit, exploitation — To prepare for sale — prepara- 

 tion for sale — French words, but used in English 

 now-a-days. 



Exotic— Foreign. 



F 



Fir — Family coniferse ; only two species in Canada — ^both 

 mentioned in this book. 



FLORA^-^he sylvan-flora comprises all trees, plants, etc., 

 of the forest. 



Forester — One who is specially occupied in the cultiva- 

 tion and exploitation of the forest. 



Fraxinus — Latin name of the ash, 



O 



Great-West — Here designates that part of Canads 

 which lies to the North and "West of the Province 

 of Manitoba. 



Gymnocladus — Latin name of the coflee-tree. 



