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Show MANY TREES IN ICELAND. General Supposition Is That Taw Exist, Ex-ist, But Copenhagen Professor Seta Aalde Belief, One would hardly expectthesubjectof the forestry' of Uland to call for much serious attontlon, but a lengthy investigation investi-gation of the trees of that country has recently been made by no less distinguished distin-guished a person than Dr C. V. Trytx, professorof forestry at Copenhagen. He says that the prevailing notion that Iceland Ice-land has a slnglo troo only Is a fallacy, and that there la qulto a pretentious growth of trees on the land, the soil not ucinG unsulted for the growth. The tree grow th of the country lias suffered from Injudicious cutting, he says; and he makes recommendations for the reforestation refor-estation of the lands and offers suggestions sugges-tions about the planting ol blrchea. The latter, here, spring up naturally, and it is thought that by sowing thesoin places where the snow lies deep Immunity from destruction by sheep might be gained; as it appears to be only In winter, when grass is not, to bo had, that thcto animals devourUhe birth trees. H '"I |