I20 THE LARCH. 



by laying the wood up in logs to season, and, when 

 perfectly dry, sawing it up. 



Peeling rather injures than improves the quality of 

 the timber, especially the sapwood. Of two posts put 

 into the ground of the same class and quality of wood, 

 the one peeled and the other with the bark on, espe- 

 cially if cut in winter, the sapwood of the latter will 

 be strong at twelve years, while that of the former 

 will be a pulpy mass at eight years : the results, how- 

 ever, between peeled and unpeeled wood differ very 

 greatly under different conditions. 



