508 Culture of Timber Trees. 



The following are a few measurements taken of the girt at 

 3^ft, from the ground, in August 1841 ; and will show how much 

 has been added to their girts, at that height, between 1836 and 

 1841: — 



Number 1. Girt 13 ft. 5 in. - - added 9 in. 

 4. Girt 16 ft. 1 in. - - added 1 ft. 



10. Girt 8 ft. 3 in. - - added 8 in. 



1 1. Girt 8 ft. 9 in. . - - added 5 in. 



12. Girt 9 ft. 4 in. - - added 5 in. 

 14. Girt 15 ft. 10 in. - - added 7 in. 

 19. Girt 9 ft. 2 in. - - added 8 in. 



30. Girt 2 ft. 6 in. - - added 5 in. 



31. Girt 10 ft. 3 in. - - added 6 in. 



41. Girt 6 ft. 3 in. - - added 5 in. 



42. Girt 6 ft. 2 in. - - added .5 in. 

 52. Girt 11 ft. 10 in. - - added 3 in. 



Measured the girt at 3i ft. from the ground of a few larches 

 growing in a light sandy soil, south aspect, August 1831 ; age 

 about 60 years. One was 8 ft. 2 in., another 7 ft. 8 in., and 

 another 7 ft. 6 in. Silver firs in the same place, and same age, 

 8 ft. 9 in., another 8 ft. 7 in., another 8 ft. Measured a moun- 

 tain ash on the side of the east approach ; girt at 3^ ft. from the 

 ground 5 ft. .5 in., whole height 40 ft., spread of branches 33 ft. ; 

 another, girt 5 ft., length of bole 6 ft., spread of branches 24 ft., 

 and height 50 ft. Measured a hawthorn ; girt at 3| ft. from the 

 ground, 6 ft. 6 in., bole 4 ft. 6 in., whole height 45 ft., spread 

 of branches 45 ft. 



Art. VIII. On the Culture of Timber Trees. By G. L. L. 



Having lately noticed various communications in the journals 

 devoted to our department of science, from different celebrated 

 English arboriculturists, containing a vast amount of useful in- 

 formation on the planting and rearing of timber trees, I have 

 been induced to cast my mite into the national treasury of 

 knowledge, well aware that there is infinitely greater happiness in 

 imparting knowledge, than in burying it within our own breasts. 

 From my boyhood to the present moment, I have uninter- 

 ruptedly continued to cherish a great dislike to the general ap- 

 pearance of our hard woods, or what are commonly termed 

 deciduous forest trees, particularly in their state of nudity, 

 whether as solitary specimens, in groups, or in forest plantations. 

 In the two latter cases, owing to the want of timely and proper 

 pruning, the branches are often very unequal, and rob the 

 trunk of much of its sustenance ; besides this evil, they are fre- 

 quently as fantastically anfractuous as the taste of the ablest 

 rustic-building carpenter can possibly desire ; and they invariably 



