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The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland
which had turned yellow at this season, rendered the trees very conspicuous; but in all cases the groves were confined to strictly northern slopes. We encamped in a small grove, where the trees did not exceed 4o feet in height, and observed numerous seedlings; but were forced to descend on account of a heavy fall of snow and to leave the larger and more important forests unvisited.
Further east, in the Kintla lake region, Ayres[1] reports that the mountain slopes are best wooded on the northern slopes, where the Alpine larch reaches a height of 80 feet and a diameter of 30 inches. It is more vigorous here than in any other locality seen by Ayres, who considers that the tree will produce timber suitable for mining purposes. (A.H.)
- ↑ U.S. Geol. Survey, Flathead Forest Reserve, 277 (1900).