522 STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN HAMPSHIRE. 
trust reposed in them, ‘Their experience goes little beyond “ the 
squire wants money,” so the growing, the ancestral, the pictur- 
esque, or, it may be, the historical tree must go, because “our 
squire wants money;” but in my experience the squire some- 
times comes home in time to cancel the intentions of his too 
zealous woodman. Many instances of this have come under my 
own observation. Time was when most noblemen and gentlemen 
would not allow a tree to be cut until they had personally in- 
spected it; and, in particular instances, they would survey the 
spot from the different parts of their estate, to see what would be 
the effect when it was taken away. 
This county reproduces freely all the common forest trees, so 
that little is left to the planter except an intelligent care in 
the rearing and after management of the trees produced naturally ; 
but, in the hands of the present managers, very little can be ex- 
pected in this direction. 
THE TREES OF THE CoUNTY, WITH THEIR VALUE. 
The Common Oak (Quercus pedunculata) is entitled to the first 
notice, both on account of its value and the quantity grown, as 
it is to be found in all parts of the county; and it is estimated 
that at least two-thirds of the timber consists of oak. The best 
timber grows on a deep stiff clay, on a gravelly or chalk subsoil. 
The many uses to which oak timber is applied need not be 
enumerated here, but it has been observed, that although some 
other descriptions of timber may be harder, some more difficult 
to rend, some that can bear a horizontal or lateral strain better, 
none contains all these qualities united in such a superior degree 
as oak. Taking an average of the last thirty years, the price has 
not varied much, although there has been fluctuations from one 
year to another, owing, in a great measure, to the varying price 
of bark. The price taken standing, including the bark, will be : 
Under 10 ft. meetings at 60s. to 70s. per load of 50 ft. 
10 ft. and under 20 ft. do. at 70s. to 100s. a 
20 ft. . 30 ft. do. at 100s. to 120s. 5 
30 ft. and upwards do. at 120s. to 150s. si 
REMARKABLE OAK TREES. 
The largest specimen stands in a meadow to the east of Oakley 
farm house, from which it is separated by a branch of the river 
