CHAPTER XXIV 



TIMBER TKEES 



A song to tlie oak, 



The brave old oak, 

 Who hath ruled in the greenwood long! 



Here's health and renown 



To his broad, green crown 

 And his fifty arms so strong! CHOKLEY. 



230. Timber trees form a crop, as truly as wheat does. 

 To be sure, this crop does not mature within a year or 

 even within a decade of years ; but as it grows it be- 



AN OAK IN AN OPEN FIELD. 

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