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lived in, and which with his own hands he built, to the stateliest tree or humbl<- 

 shrub which he planted. I^Iuch has fallen before the unrelenting scythe of tini*-, 

 but a great deal — a very great deal — still remains to reward a visit from all lovurs 



of trees. 



The large Cypress {Taxodium iJis(irJinm') 



is well known, having been the chief 

 topic of every writer who has de- 

 scribed bis visits to the place. 

 The beight and dimensions of 

 ' . this specimen, an engrav- 



ing of which is given 

 this month, were ta- 

 ken inl853 by the au- 

 ;^/ : tbor of the"i7'a/(*/- 



,' "■"^ hookofOniumin- 



tal Trees," from 

 whose little 

 work the 

 height of all 

 the trees no- 

 ticed in this 

 ''sketch is 

 taken. The 

 beight there 

 stated is one 

 hundred and 

 twenty-five 

 feet, and its 

 circumfer - 

 encc twenty 

 feet. It is a 

 fine tree for 

 cool moist 

 soils. 



Another 

 specimen that 

 always seemed 

 very fine to 

 the writer is 

 a Chinquapin 

 ( c astanea 

 pi<mi7a)twen 

 ty-five feet 



