GENERAL ACCOUNT OF DAMACiE. 



575 



Fig. 258. — Oak tree, braucUcs liokcu by riuie. From vol. xiii. "Journal of 

 li. Hort. Soc," " Notes on Hoar Frost," Plowright, 



if by a gigantic roller. Older trees are generally broken either 

 in their boles, leaders or branches. Conifers laden with cones 

 suffer most from breakage of leaders. Old oaks, especially 

 when stag-headed, have their branches broken. 



