STATISTICAL SURVEY 



CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE FOLLOWING TREES, 



Between ffty and Jixty years of age y upon the foil above-men- 

 tioned, taken Jix feet from the ground. 



T. I. 



Afh, "-''-- - - 36 The afh remarkably tall and 



clean, with the bark white. 

 Beech, - ja % f 5 9 to fix feet, on a gravelly fwell. 



f Silver, -50 



I Spruce, - 5 10 



I Scotch, .43 The Riga fir is faid to be of 



this fpecies. 

 Firs i 



Larch, - 49 From its fuperior height, and 



preferving its thicknefs, fup- 



pofed to contain equal to the 



filver fir. 

 Oak, - - fiat - 3 6 Nearly as tall as the larch, and 



very clean. 

 Black poplar, - - 43 



f Englifri nar- 1 

 Elms < row leaved, j 



^ Scotch, ' - 46 Remarkably ftraight and clean. 

 Alder, - - - - 33 Clean and good ; the ground 



not fufficiently moift. 

 Birch, - - - - 30 Bark as white as fnow, wood 



Tery hard. 



Evergreen oak, - 8 o It branches out at five feet high. 

 Horfe cheftnut, - 4 'O 

 Sycamore, - - - 4 3 to fix feet ; very valuable for 



beams, and beetles for bleach 



mills, and for turner's ufc. 

 Lime, - - - - 6 o In deeper ground than any of 



the reft. 



Walnut, 



