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COMPARATIVE GROWTH OF TREES. 
[PART II. 
possibly not be uninteresting to some of my 
readers as gathered from the annexed table. 
TREE, from GIRTH, GIRTH, 
around.) Feb. 4,185. | Feb. 17, 1857. 
ft, in, ft. in, 
1 | Deciduous Cypress ............ 4 4 8% 4 10} 
2 | Cedar of Lebanon.... 4 6 3 7 0 
3 | Weeping Ash .... se}! 4 103 5 0 
4 Ditto: > Avssdeucateecc 4 3 64 3 7 
5 |Scotch Fir 2.0... cess 4 Io 3 Io 34 
6 | Evergreen Oak.. 4 8 63 8 73 
7 | Silver Fir .......... 4 9 3 9 33 
8 DIOS aasateenstedseerenics \ 4 io ih Io 4% 
9 | Red or Virginian Cedar ...... 13 6 3 6 § 
1o | Oriental Plane ................45 4 1o 44 Io 8 
Branch of ditto again taking 
root—where it enters teh ° 10 ° 9 
ground 
ee 2 3 2 22 
Il 4 6 Io 7 32 
12 wl 4 5 7 5 7k | 
13, Oak “cenchsncssiamseendnatietaed 4 3 8 3 118 | 
14 | Copper Beech .................. be 3 9 4 7 
15 | Pinaster 4 8 4 8 43 
16 | Weeping Willow ... 4 7 6 4 Il 
D7? Mew cpivsaapeaice sien 33 4 8% 4 9 
18 | Catalpa I 1 03 I 10 
19 | Single-leaved Ash 4 Ig 2 4 
BO | LAME: .svcesesccsitcansnpices 1 7 8h 8 o 
21 | Cupressus Torulosa 2h 2. 3 0 
Jan. 27, 1858. | 
22 4 5 0 5 6 
23 4 5 6 6 23 
24 4 5 5 84 
2 4 8 1 8 6} 
ae 4 | 2 6 | 35 
