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were predominant on one side, whether that tree stood singly in 

 H lawn, in the middle or at the side of a forest, and whether that 

 side where the branches so predominated faced the east, the 

 west, the north, or the south, the annual deposits I have always 

 found broadest directly under that side best clothed with 

 branches, and narrowest directly under that side of the tree 

 where the branches above were most scanty ; giving room to 

 infer that the descent of the sap is partly affected by gravitation. 

 The following table shows how the growth of the larch is 

 affected by a proper supply of moisture. The tree grew in an 

 open dry soil. The second column shows the breadth of annual 

 deposit of wood in decimals of an inch ; and the third column, 

 the depth of rain which fell from April to October inclusive, in 

 inches. 



Rain. 



IQ in. 



14 



12 



15 



21 



13 



13 



Years. 



Wood 



1819 



•5 ij 



1820 



•3 



1821 



•18 



1822 



•2 



1823 



•5 



1824 



•3 



1825 



•31 



Years. 



Wood. 



Rain. 



1826 



•2 in. 



7 in 



1827 



•31 



18 



1828 



•41 



16 



1829 



•4 



19 



1830, 



•37 



18 



1831 



•2 



16 



Total 4-18 



198 



Annat Cottage^ Jan. 13. 1838. 



Art, VIII. Remarks on a Jevo Ornamental Trees 'which are at present 

 growing in the Neighbourhood of Ripon, Yorkshire. By William 

 May, Nurseryman, Ripon. 



In the grounds at PicJchill, lately in my occupation as a nur- 

 sery, is a purple beech, which, at 4 ft. from the ground, o-irts 

 10 ft.: its height is about 35 ft.; and it is completely feathered 

 to the ground. In spring, it forms one of the most superb ob- 

 jects that can be imagined : the diameter of the space covered by 

 its branches is equal to its height. The next is a Turkey oak, 

 the girt of which, at 4 ft. from the ground, is 10 ft. ; its height 

 is about 40 ft. ; and it is also feathered to the base; havino- 

 splendid limbs, sweeping the ground over a circumference of 

 120 ft. A striped-leaved oak, at 4 ft. from the ground, o-irts 

 about 5 ft : its height is 20 ft. This, in summer, is a beautiful 

 object; its leaves being variegated with white and green, tino-ed 

 with pink. These trees are supposed to be about 95 years old, 

 and to have been planted at the time this nursery was first esta- 

 blished : three objects more magnificent, in the season of foliao-e, 

 cannot be imagined. The purple beech and the Turkey oak 

 stand singly : the striped oak is among other ti'ees ; but all are 

 very conspicuously situated. These trees cannot be too highly 



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