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and air, and a deep mellow soil are highly necessary to its 

 fullest amplitude. For this reason, the oaks of our forests, 

 being thickly crowded, are seldom of extraordinary size ; and 

 there are more truly majestic oaks in the parks of England 

 than are to be found in the whole cultivated portion of the 

 United States. Here and there, however, throughout our 

 country, may be seen a solitary oak of great age and immense 

 size, which attest the fitness of the soil and climate, and dis- 

 play the grandeur of our native species. The Wadsworth 

 Oak near Genesseo, N. Y. of extraordinary dimensions, the 

 product of one of our most fertile valleys, has attracted the 



[Fig. IS. The Charier Oak, Hartford. 



admiration of hundreds of travellers, on the route to Niagara. 

 The celebrated Charter Oak at Hartford, which has figured 

 so conspicuously in the history of New-England, is still ex- 



