215 
high, with a clean straight trunk of from 25 to 30 feet. It was at 
that time considered to be about 90 years old. A fine tree nearly 
100 feet high was noted at Margam in 8. Wales a few years ago. 
The best trees are found growing on well-drained, loamy soil, 
A “ Forest Planting Leaflet,” Circular 93, on this tree, has been 
published by the United States Department of Agriculture, In 
ended as companion trees. 
For planting in this country it is probable that Scots or Corsican 
pine and spruce would form good nurses. An account of the 
species and details of its distribution in America may be found in 
the Silva of North America, i., pp. 19-20. 
The Black Walnut (Juglans nigra, L.)—There is reason to 
fancy Page: for veneer. Elwes, in “ Trees of Great Britain and 
Tr i abs 270, says that English-grown wood is quite 
