GROWING GOLD; 



ft. 



A TREATISE ON THE ^ 



CULTIVATION OF BRITISH OAK. 



" How I love, in the Forest, to gaze on the Oak 

 Till a feeling of grandeur and might fills my soul. 



And I thrill just as if a deep oracle spoke, 



" Lo ! the Father of Ships that no foe can control ! " 



Feist. 



BY JAMES ^SAWYER. 



LONDON : 



SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' COURT; 



AND 



RIDGEWAY, PICCADILLY. 

 1838. 



