CHAPTEE XVI I. 



VALUE AS A CROP. 



Theee is certainly more truth in the adage, " The larch 

 tree will buy a horse before the oak will buy its saddle," 

 than in many others. There is no doubt but larch is 

 the best paying wood crop that has yet been grown 

 in this country. It can be cut and made use of at 

 almost any age, and there is no tree better adapted for 

 a great variety of purposes, especially for outside work. 



No. I is a larch plantation in the county of Sussex, 

 planted originally with the view of producing a succes- 

 sive crop of hop-poles, being planted amongst Spanish 

 chestnut and ash. In clearing the crop of hop-poles 

 at twelve years' growth, the larch selected to stand 

 were the strongest and best, and numbered about 

 60 trees per acre. At the end of thirty- two years 

 the whole of the larches were cut down, as they were 

 found to be destroying the underwood, which was 

 regarded as the most valuable part of the crop, and 

 also because most of the trees had attained as high a 

 state of perfection as the soil would admit of, it being 

 a soft white sandy loam. 



The following are the results of the crop when cut 



