. The Canadian forester's illustrated guide [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts et sylviculture. ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. 87 TsNga Canadenm—Hem lock-Spruce. This si^ecies finds itself at home on stony hill-sides, •where the soil is light. It will grow, but much more slowly, on richer lands. The seed, a pound of which contains eighty thousand pickles, ripens in autumn, and should be treated like that of the spruce, and at two years old the plants may be set out permanently. As ^"rr" ^^^xV^^. 73.—Oak with tap-root cut off, a year after tho operation. regards beauty of form, it is one o
. The Canadian forester's illustrated guide [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts et sylviculture. ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. 87 TsNga Canadenm—Hem lock-Spruce. This si^ecies finds itself at home on stony hill-sides, •where the soil is light. It will grow, but much more slowly, on richer lands. The seed, a pound of which contains eighty thousand pickles, ripens in autumn, and should be treated like that of the spruce, and at two years old the plants may be set out permanently. As ^"rr" ^^^xV^^. 73.—Oak with tap-root cut off, a year after tho operation. regards beauty of form, it is one of our noblest indi- genous trees, often reaching eighty leet in height. The wood of the hemlock is coarse in grain, and difficult to work up. Now-a-days, boards, planks, and laihs, in great numbers are made of it, on accou-i>t of the scarcity of pine. Sleepers, or ties, for railroad use are derived from it; but they are of very inferior quality In tan- neries the bark of the hemlock is much used, and this. 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 Chapais, J. C. (Jean Charles), 1850-1926. Montreal : E. Senécal
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