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by Geoffrey A. Ritchie

Photo: Geoffrey Ritchie

The above photo features one of the largest, unblemished Beech trees I have found. This Beech is an excellent example of a large, healthy, and resistant tree. The majority of the Beech are dead, dying or disfigured by an introduced bark canker disease. In European mythology, the `Beech´ symbolizes ancient knowledge or wisdom and the words `Beech´ and `book´ are derived from the same origin [OE Boc]. The Beech is a perfect example of a valuable tree that could be propagated from resistant individuals and replanted to enhance its presence in our parks and forests.

Funded by

Canadian Forest Service - Fredericton
Natural Resources Canada
P.O Box 4000, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5P7

Tree Plan Canada
1996

Canadian Cataloguing in Publishing Data
Ritchie, Geoffrey, A.,1959-
Trees of knowledge:a handbook of Maritime Trees

Issued also in French under title:Arbres de la connaissance
Co-published by Tay Tree & Land Services.
ISBN 0-662-23478-2
Cat. no. Fo42-244/1996E

1. Trees - Maritime Provinces - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
2. Tree planting - Maritime Provinces - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3. Trees - Ecology - Maritime Provinces - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Tay Tree & Land Services
II. Canadian Forest Service. Maritime Services.
III. Title
IV. Title: A handbook of Maritime Trees.

QK203.M3R57 1996 582.1609715 C96-980159-9

Tay Tree & Land Services
110 Jones Street
Fredericton, NB
E3A 1R1