THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



sowing the seed, the timber will be in a similar unsound 

 state to that shown in the diagram, Fig. 2. Moreover, 

 the timber will be less elastic, and not so good for ship- 

 building as in the other kind. 



The illustration Fig. 1 gives a fair idea of an Oak at 

 the same age as Fig. 2, but which has grown on a suit- 

 able soil and in a good locality — a deep, tender clay, 

 containing an average amount of natural moisture, not 

 too elevated, nor in a supersaturated, swampy district. 

 "When the Oak is grown under such circumstances, and 



Longitudinal sections. 



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Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 



Two Oaks, age 100 years. 



maintains a good taproot, the timber will be consider- 

 ably better in quality, larger in size, and more elastic 

 than that shown in Fig. 2 at the same age. 



Figure 3 shows the frequent state of the Oak when 

 come to maturity, through cutting off some of its 

 large limbs at fifty years old, hastening it more or 

 less by ten years. 1 shows the effects of so doing. 

 This is a deceptive kind of thing, for if the tree has 

 grown freely, then the cut will be healed over at the 

 age of maturity, as seen at 2, Fig. 3. And should 



