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GROWING GOLD. 



No. 3.— Are the best specimens of seventy 

 five years' growth that have been met with ; 

 they are only single trees, and therefore do 

 not afford clear proof of the average rate of 

 the growth of oak trees, as the largest of 

 them is most sheltered and may be con- 

 sidered the nearest to it. The circumference 

 is seventy-two inches, at six feet from the 

 ground, and seven feet eight inches at one 

 foot from it. 



Estate, No. 7, Wood. 



This wood comprehends at least one 

 hundred acres, and the produce of it is the 

 usual description of oak trees and underwood ; 

 the former stand from fifteen to fifty feet 

 apart; and in some places only as many 

 yards intervene. For instance, on the south 

 side of a tree there is another tree, only five 

 yards from it, whilst, on the north side, the 

 nearest is fifty or sixty yards. They are 

 low and round headed : on the south west 

 side of the wood they are still smaller and 



