142 GROWING GOLD. 



is, that oak trees will grow at a much greater 

 rate according to this scale, than where fewer 

 trees per acre are originally planted. 



The question as to the average size of oak 

 trees, at the end of seventy-five years, entirely 

 rests upon the evidence in pages 107 and 8 ; 

 there can be no doubt it is much more than 

 forty-five feet. 



One-fifth of Richmond Park (five hundred 

 acres) is now covered with weeds, rushes, 

 fern bushes, &c. the portion principally con- 

 sists of obscure corners, which are in no way 

 necessary to the scenery nor useful for gra- 

 zing, but which would grow a good crop of 

 valuable timber under good management. 

 Those described in page 84, originally set at 

 three feet apart, to be taken as a data. 



