. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. C(in(i<!i(in Forcsliij Journal. Man, Ii}IS 1('85 „,*jt?^?5^rv'-. SHINGLE CREEK, OKANAGAN VALLEY, :. showing Yellow Pine type on slopes. This forest has sustained several fires and the hill slightly eroded. There is little undergrowth and fair grazing. The Menace To Our White Pine By Prof. J. H. Faull, Ph. D., University of Toronto Canada's Greatest Timber Tree Rapidly Losing Its Rank. Blister Disease Makes Headway, White pine is the basic tree on which the forest wealth of Canada, east of the Great Plains and of the
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. C(in(i<!i(in Forcsliij Journal. Man, Ii}IS 1('85 „,*jt?^?5^rv'-. SHINGLE CREEK, OKANAGAN VALLEY, :. showing Yellow Pine type on slopes. This forest has sustained several fires and the hill slightly eroded. There is little undergrowth and fair grazing. The Menace To Our White Pine By Prof. J. H. Faull, Ph. D., University of Toronto Canada's Greatest Timber Tree Rapidly Losing Its Rank. Blister Disease Makes Headway, White pine is the basic tree on which the forest wealth of Canada, east of the Great Plains and of the North Eastern States, has rested; it has been the source of the success and the fortunes of our great lumber companies, it has contributed largely to the revenues of our government— in Ontario to such an extent as to free us so far from direct taxation— and it has brought comfort to the home of every citizen, for it has been used inside and out as has no other in the building and furnishing of the dwelling and its surroundings, in which the home resides. "This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks," so Longfellow pictured the Acadian forests of Evangeline's people. With the hemlock we are not concerned here, but what of the pine? That primeval forest of the Annapolis Basin with its closely-spaced "mur- muring ; the plumed crowns waving a hundred feet or more above the darkened lloor, and the clean straight shafts three to four or five feet in diameter, stretching up sixty to seventy feet without a break was but a small corner of the glorious primeval forest of pine that covered the maritime Provinces, Quebec and Ontario south of the Height of Land, Minnesota, \\'isconsin, Michigan, Ohio, New York, ^iaine and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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