THE SYCAMORE. 21 



many parts of these are the most congenial to 

 the slow growth and general character of 

 sycamore, from the large supply of it which 

 has been obtained during the last thirty or 

 forty years by the timber dealers who trade 

 in it, for the manufacturing towns before 

 mentioned. 



About half a century ago it might be seen 

 in fine specimens ornamenting the farm and 

 other dwellings in some of the most exposed 

 situations and coldest districts of our division 

 of our county, attaining great size, (and excel- 

 ling, in quality and soundness, the sycamore 

 obtained from more distant counties,) as in 

 Fairfield, Peak Forest, Wormhill, Blackwell, 

 Pig Tor, King's Sterndale, Taddington Mag, 

 Chelmorton, Hardlow, Hucklow, and many 

 other of our own Arcadian plains. Our fore- 

 fathers cherished its growth around their 

 homesteads, and were attached to the tree, 

 from the beauty of its foliage in summer, and 

 for its friendly succour in the winter months, 



