I 66 THE LARCH. 



was found in some parts, and where the trees came 

 in contact with it, the growth had ceased early, and 

 those still living showed a general rigidity and stunted- 

 ness of growth. 



The only apparent difference between larch grown 

 in the South of England and the Xorth of Scotland 

 consists in the rapidity of their growth in the former 

 country, and attaining maturity at an earlier age. 

 Eighty years may be the maximum age for a larch 

 plantation in the county of Argyle or Eoss-shire, 

 and fifty the maximum age for plantations in Sussex, 

 Surrey, or Kent. 



The folio winf;^ are a few valuations of different small 

 plantations in Ashdown Forest: — Xo. i. Trees, fifty 

 years planted ; soil, dry gravelly loam, with gravelly 

 subsoil ; exposure east, sheltered from south and west ; 

 300 trees per acre; average contents, 20 cubic feet: 

 6000 feet at lod. per foot = £2$o. Xo. 2. Age of 

 trees, forty years ; soil, light hazel loam, sand subsoil ; 

 400 trees per acre; average contents, 10 cubic feet: 

 4000 feet at lod. per foot = £166, 13s. 4d. Iso. 

 3. Age, thirty-five years ; soil, sandy loam ; 400 trees 

 per acre, containing 6 cubic feet each, at i od. per foot 

 — £1 00. Xo. 4. Age, forty years ; soil, light moor- 

 land, open dry bottom ; 500 trees per acre; average 

 contents, 4 cubic feet: 2000 feet at lod. per foot = 

 ;^83, 6s. 8d. Xo. 5. Age, thirty-two years; soil, 

 clayey loam ; subsoil, white sand ; number of trees per 

 acre, 60 ; average contents, 30 feet: 1800 feet at lod. 

 per foot rz ;^75. 



