The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . FORESTS.] U IS I T o J. A r £. s 805 -«ige in Ahwka and British Columbia of several species, as well«s the northern range here of a tew others, must be still left tofurther exiloration. The white spruce, the mo^t impurtaut andthe mo:it uortheru species of the forci-t of the North Atlanticregion, \s here also the most important species. It attains n coii-liderable size as far no
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . FORESTS.] U IS I T o J. A r £. s 805 -«ige in Ahwka and British Columbia of several species, as well«s the northern range here of a tew others, must be still left tofurther exiloration. The white spruce, the mo^t impurtaut andthe mo:it uortheru species of the forci-t of the North Atlanticregion, \s here also the most important species. It attains n coii-liderable size as far north as the sixty-filth desiee, loruiing. intheralley of the Yukon, furests of no little U-oal importanve. Thecanoe birch, the poplar, and tbe nspen, familiar trees ofthe North Atlantic region, also occur here. The gray piue andthe balsam fir of the Atlantic region are replaced by allied formsof the same genera. The lurch alune. of the denizens of the extremeNorthern Forest ot the Atlantic coast, finds uo congener here inthe northern Pncific forest. The Pacific Coast Forest, the heaviest, although far from themost varied, forest of the continent, extends south along thecoast in a narrow strip from th-
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