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34- Taxodium distichum. 



In the localities already mentioned in the last 

 section this species of timber tree may be culti- 

 vated, at the same time it must be noted that 

 the more moist the situation given to it, the 

 warmer must be the climate in the vicinity of the 

 plantation. In localities like this quite pure 

 plantations may be laid out, but the colder the 

 general climate in such a place is the more 

 necessary it becomes to avoid moisture of soil. 



35. Thuja occidentalis. 



Resistance to frost, toleration of shade, and 

 splendid quality of timber recommend this 

 hitherto quite neglected species of tree for 

 planting singly in oak localities between these 

 or else Weymouth pines, for the underplanting 

 of oaks, pines, larches, and particularly on the 

 fresher kinds of soil ; and as a protective timber 

 in frost-exposed situations along with the Bank- 

 sian pine. Even if under such conditions it may 

 be only a small tree, its material is, nevertheless, 

 more valuable than that of an indigenous species 

 of the same dimensions. 



36. Tsuga canadensis. 



A rapid growing, shade-bearing kind of tree, 

 particularly adapted for planting in groups be- 



