. Forests and trees [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts et sylviculture; Trees; Arbres. 120 Forests and Tars The leaves are long, l)luish-s;rcen, and often arranseil in tassels on new growth on the ends of the branches. The cones are long, very slightly curved and dro. ping, sometimes in clusters. Thcv are mature in July or .Xugust of the second year. Its range covers the wliole of eastern North .Xmerica as far north as Lake Nipigon and westward to the southeastern corner of the province of Manitoba. Ow- ing to depletion by the lumberman and the fires which followed in his wake, there i
. Forests and trees [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts et sylviculture; Trees; Arbres. 120 Forests and Tars The leaves are long, l)luish-s;rcen, and often arranseil in tassels on new growth on the ends of the branches. The cones are long, very slightly curved and dro. ping, sometimes in clusters. Thcv are mature in July or .Xugust of the second year. Its range covers the wliole of eastern North .Xmerica as far north as Lake Nipigon and westward to the southeastern corner of the province of Manitoba. Ow- ing to depletion by the lumberman and the fires which followed in his wake, there is very little, if any, of the original forest left; but throughout a considerable part Ojf the range re-forcsting liy nature is going on rapidly. The forestrv- departments of the different provinces are now doing good work in lessening the waste by fire, and there is good reason to hope that at least a limited supply of the timber furnished by this valuable tree may be permanent. â says John liurrougha, "is so widely useful in the mechanic arts, or so beneficent in the economy of ; Recently this species has been attacked by a disease which has killed the while i>ines of Euroi)e, and, if not checked, it will destroy all the pines with five leaves to the fascicle on this continent. The forestry departments of Ontario and (Quebec, however, with the assistance of the Forestry Branch of the Dominion, are doing all that is possible to prevent this disease spreading, and we hope that a tragedy in tree life may be avoided, and that to future generations this noble tree will not be merely a tradition or a record. J. Wksti'.kn Wiiiii: I'iNi; IMiius monlicola. Uouglas. This is the species which is known as white pine in British Columbia and the Pacific Coast States. It so closely resembles the eastern white pine that for a long time it was regarded as. I'lc. I.âWhite Pint'. "No other Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images t
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