124 GROWING GOLD. 



This fully justifies the writer of the 

 Quarterly in the opinion he had formed ; — 

 there is too much reason to believe that the 

 numerous complaints that were heard about 

 our ships being infested with what was called, 

 improperly enough, the dry rot, were owing 

 to the introduction of the sessiliflora species 

 of oak into the naval dock yards, where, we 

 understood, the distinction was not even sus- 

 pected." — Quarterly Review, No, 77, 22 — 3. 



It is a somewhat singular fact that the 

 estate on which the largest sessiliflora oaks 

 have been observed, is generally considered 

 to be managed in the best manner, yet the 

 timber is as thriftless as on many estates of 

 less note, and the trees which produce timber 

 of inferior quality (pines, white beech, &c.) 

 bear a large proportion to the whole. 



The United States' navy is built of the 

 quercus virens, commonly called the live oak, 

 but sometimes the hemispherical. — See New 

 York Times, 



