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spective regulations, and not (which it really 

 was) a diminished demand from this country. 

 On that point our correspondent writes : — 

 "Till 1863 the export of wooden wares 

 from Sweden was rising, as well of beams as 

 of planks and boards. For the last years I 

 have no reports. I scarcely believe that there 

 has been any considerable decrease. How- 

 ever, the export of wooden \vares may, at 

 least for a period, have reached a maximum, 

 and then be forced to diminish, for already 

 a couple of years ago, the principal foreign 

 import harbours for wooden wares were filled, 

 and it is a known thing that there are many 

 masrazines of sawn dressed timber at the 



harbours in Norrland Avhich they have not 

 been able to sell." 



It is difficult to avoid the conclusion, from 

 the largeness of the 'quantity thus supplied, 

 its rapid increase, and the fact that the 

 dimensions of the timber supplied are gradu- 

 ally decreasing, that Sweden has been en- 

 croaching on the capital stock of her timber 

 and not living upon its interest. It would 

 seem a politic proceeding on our part to con- 

 sider how this will hereafter affect ourselves, 

 and whether it would not be wise to provide 

 against the contingent dearth of timber to 

 which our children may be exposed by plant- 

 ing more ourselves at home. 



[To be continued.] 



STUDIES OF THE BARK OF TREES. 

 2. The Oak. 



THE bark of the Oak has the same cha- 

 racter all over except on the small 

 smooth twigs. It is closely and longitudi- 



tions. These are nearly as broad as the 

 spaces between them — that is, the ridges and 

 furrows are nearly of equal breadth. They 



Fig. 2. The Oak. Fig. 3. The Beech. 



nally furrowed, and the only difference is, that are slightly sinuated, and come to a point at 



the smaller the branch the finer the corruga- every little distance ; the ridges are not flat 



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