223 FORESTRY Forest Trees in Canada.—The Following Is a List Of

223 FORESTRY

Forest Trees in Canada.—The following is a list of the principal forest trees in order of commercial importance in Canada:

NORTHWEST PROVINCES AND ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Popular name. Botanical name. Popular name. Botanical name.

White Spruce Picea canadensis. White Spruce Picea canadensis. *Aspen Populus tremuloides. White Pine Pinus strobus. *Balsam Poplar.... Populus balsamifera. Balsam Fir Abies balsamea. Jack Pine Pinus Banksiana. Hemlock Tsuga canadensis. Black Spruce Picea mariana. *Birch Betula lutea, alba var. Tamarack Larix laricina. papyrifera. *White Birch Betula oZ6o,var. papy rifera. Red Pine Pinus resinosa. Lodgepole Pine Pinus Murrayana. Thuja occidentalis. Alpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa. Tamarack Larix laricina. Alpine Larch Larix lyalli.

*Maple Acer saccharum, sac- BRITISH COLUMBIA. charinum, rubrum.

*Basswood Tilia americana. Douglas Fir Pseudo tsuga mucro- nata. Jack Pine Pinus Banksiana. Western Cedar.... Thuja plicata. *Elm Ulmus americana. Western Hemlock. Tsuga heterophylla. Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis. *Ash Fraxinus americana, nigra. Engelman Spruce.. Picea Engelmanni. *Oak Quercus alba, rubra. Alpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa, amabilis. *Poplar Populus balsamifera, Bull Pine Pinus ponderosa. tremuloides. Western Larch.... Larix occidentalis. *Beech Fagus grandifolia. Lodgepole Pine.... Pinus Murrayana.

NOTE.—Trees marked with an asterisk (*) are hardwood; all the others are softwood.

Value of Forest Products.—Table 38 is an estimate of the total values of the different classes of forest products for the calendar years 1911 to 1914. The figures are rounded to hundred of thousands of dollars and form as reliable a summary as can be made from the data available, which are partly from statistics collected by the Forestry Branch and partly estimated.