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this is soon cut, when a more feeble spring takes place, 

 and is again levelled, after which operation being repeated 

 a few times, every remnant is annihilated, and the country 

 reduced to the open waste it now exhibits." 



The bark of this species, like that of its congeners, 

 contains a large proportion of tannin ; it is thin, hard, 

 and slightly cracked in old trees, but never corky. Upon 

 the whole, the Ilex must be considered in this country 

 an ornamental rather than a forest tree, though, at the 

 same time, we would wish to recommend its adoption 

 upon a more extensive scale than has hitherto prevailed, 

 especially upon the sea coast, where it not only grows 

 with vigour itself, but also serves the essential purpose 

 of nursing and protecting other kinds of timber. 



