. Textbook of botany. Botany. FORESTRY AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 347 362. Canadian Forests. — Canada is more fortunate than the United States in the fact that many of her largest forests are still intact and under the supervision of the national and provincial governments. The fact that the population of the Dominion of Canada is much smaller than that of the United States had resulted in the Canadian forests being al- most untouched at the time when a demand arose for a defi- nite forest policy. Very stringent national laws were passed. Fig. ig6. — A portion of the state forest nursery at Trout L
. Textbook of botany. Botany. FORESTRY AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 347 362. Canadian Forests. — Canada is more fortunate than the United States in the fact that many of her largest forests are still intact and under the supervision of the national and provincial governments. The fact that the population of the Dominion of Canada is much smaller than that of the United States had resulted in the Canadian forests being al- most untouched at the time when a demand arose for a defi- nite forest policy. Very stringent national laws were passed. Fig. ig6. — A portion of the state forest nursery at Trout Lake, Wisconsin. Photograph from the Wisconsin State Conservation Commission. determining the policy of the various provinces, as well as regulating in a general way the forests which had passed into the possession of some of the larger railways and the immense tracts owned by the Hudson Bay Company. So, although her forests have been at times carelessly handled, and al- though, as a result, disastrous fires have destroyed large quantities of timber, Canada has at present the richest forests in the world; they are rivaled only by some of the tropical forests and by the extensive forested areas in Russia and 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 Allen, Charles E. (Charles Elmer), b. 1872; Gilbert, Edward Martinius, joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & co
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