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Cultivation, etc. It is a very light-demanding, thinly 

 foliaged tree. Its roots are stoloniferous and extend over 

 a large area, and it throws up innumerable suckers. 



It is a very rapid-growing tree, but generally becomes 

 rotten at the heart when more than 40 to 60 years of age, 

 at which period it should be felled. 



Occasionally it may be planted as standards over coppice ; 

 but there is at present very little market for its timber, and 

 its chief use should be for estate fences, gate posts, etc., for 

 which purpose, however, it will not pay to grow it separately. 



It is valuable for planting as a fire belt on dry sandy 

 Pine soils, in the same way that White Alder and Birch may 

 be planted ; but, otherwise, it is of little sylvicultural interest, 

 until a greater price can be obtained for its timber in the 

 open market. 



It shoots very well from the stool, when coppiced. 



It is the only large leguminous tree that has been planted 

 for timber in this country ; and on poor soil the nodules on 

 its roots are instrumental in rendering the free nitrogen of 

 the air available for the use of the tree. 



