NATIVE or RED WILLOW, _Salix Humboldtiana_, Witti.—15 metres in
height by 1 metre in diameter. Grows well in all regions where
the eucalyptus does not freeze, gives timber for carpentry
and multiplies from seed. A good auxiliary in mixed woods and
timber for cutting, and for reafforestation on damp soil, where
it is planted from twigs towards the end of the winter. For
afforestation it is sown in plots when the seeds are ripe, in
regions 4 and 7 and the more temperate part of region 3.
SOUTHERN PINE, _Araucaria imbricata_, R. and P.—A tree 50
metres in height of our southern forests. Its timber is equal
to the best pine, and it is one of the best stock kinds in the
6th region. To be sown in rows or in little holes when the
seeds drop naturally in the 5th and 6th regions.
MISIONES PINE, _Araucaria brasiliensis_, A. Rich.—This conifer
grows to a height of 50 metres by 1 metre in diameter in
certain valleys of the northern regions 1, 2, and part of 3, 4,
7 and 8, as far as Mar del Plata. Its timber is equal to that
of the pine, it is used for joinery and building. Sown like
the preceding tree.
CYPRESS, _Libocedras chilensis_, Endl.—From the Andes, where it
grows to a height of 25 to 30 metres by 0·70 metre in diameter.
Its wood is fine and excels for furniture and veneering. A good
auxiliary kind for the dense woods of the south.
CHIEF SPECIES OF EXOTIC FOREST TREES GROWN IN THE COUNTRY
FIR, _Abies Nordmanniana_, Spach.—From Asia Minor, where it
grows to a height of 40 metres by 1·50 metres in diameter at
least, 5th and 6th regions, in tall woods consisting of firs
alone.
ACACIA OLIVE, _Acacia melanoxylon_, R. Br.—From Australia,
where it attains a height of 15 to 20 metres by 1 metre in
diameter; very branchy, and giving very hard wood known as iron
wood. A good stock kind in acacia, mimosa and laurel groves in
regions 4, 5, 7 and 8, as far as Mar del Plata. To be sown in
rows or in furrows.
FRENCH MIMOSA, _Acacia dealbata_, Link.—Likewise from
Australia; it attains a height of 20 metres by 0·50 metre in
diameter, but breaks easily. A good predominating species and
for reafforestation of timber for cutting, in regions 4, 5, 7
and 8, as far as 38° S. latitude.
MAPLE TREE, _Acer pseudo platanus_, L.—A European tree 20 to 30
metres in height by 0·75 metre in diameter, growing as rapidly
as the sycamore maple. An excellent auxiliary kind for tall
woods of trees with deciduous leaves, in regions 4, 5, 6 and
7. To be sown in rows, in furrows or one-year-old saplings 2
metres apart.
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