18 THE STCAMOEE. 



attain a great size on dry land, as well as 

 in damp situations, as I can speak from 

 my own observation and experience. There 

 are some of gigantic proportions of it, and 

 extraordinary soundness, in many parts of 

 Norfolk, which. I have spoken of else- 

 where, with the amount of loads of timber 

 contained in one instance, especially in that 

 county. 



I must next speak of 



THE SYCAMOEE, 



and at greater length, and I entreat those of 

 my readers who are proprietors of land in 

 North Derbyshire, who are on the right side 

 of the meridian of their age, not to let slip 

 another planting season before they plant ex- 

 tensively of this most valuable and indispen- 

 sable timber-tree, for the growth of which both 

 the Low Peak and the High Peak are alike 

 most suitable in their soils and climate. 



