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THE TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



" But even the longest of these stocks do not ap- 

 proach the magnitude of one which was cut at a pre- 

 vious time in Bertie and sold in New York by Mr. 

 Herbert. This Avas 80 feet in length and 36 inches 

 square at the lower end. He sold it to a dealer for 

 $500, and the buyer resold it for |600. This stock 

 did not retain its stated diameter (at the butt) to 

 its upper extremity, but there was from 28 to 30 

 inches square. All of these stocks were nearly all of 

 heart-wood. Of course this condition permits but 

 little sap-wood, and that only in the angles of the 

 squared stocks. Thence, also, it follows that the 

 proportion of heart-wood in these trees must be very 



