94i 



that of OAK, but greatly superior, in every 

 point of view. 



The seventh and last point of superio- 

 rity, to be noticed for the present, shews 

 the Larch to be qualified for extensive 

 usefulness, in a situation that few persons 

 would suspect, as it is known, that in it 

 the best Foreign Fir proves of very sliort 

 duration, — namely, as posts fen' every de- 

 scription of fencing. — The facts I have to 

 detail upon this subject are as follow. 



About four 3^ears ago, being then cut- 

 ting up a quantity of Larch, for railing 

 and other purposes, a part of the knotty 



which accounts for the dust it holds, and hence the 

 perpetual rubbings, absohitely necessary to keep it in 

 order. Larch, on the contrary, when submitted to 

 the same test, presents a surface perfectly smooth and 

 even, consequently, after being once well polished, 

 it assumes a shining, glassy face, from which the dust 

 ie as easily removed, as from a polished mirror. 



