The Locust, 



all the sorts. Look, then, at this table. See the vast differ- 

 ence. See one limb of every Locust nearly as big round 

 as thebottom of the trunk of every Oak. See the Locusts, 

 at twelve feet up, as big round as the Ash, at th e ground. 

 See the Locust, in all the different girts, a great deal MORE 

 THAN DOUBLE the average of all the other trees taken 

 together; and^ finally, see the Locust twenty-seven feet 

 high, while the average of all the other trees is less than 

 eighteen feet. 





















t- B 



to O 



p s- 





SORT OF TREE. 



C n 



O V) 



s. ^ 



ST" 



n '» 



3 " 





?3 







a- o 







Pi 



y c 



s 



c o 



• c 



D 



«> oS;* 







c- 











31 



25 



12 



7 



27 





16 



10 



5 



2 



17 





15 



10 



5 



3 



22 





17 



8 



5 



2 



18 



Spanish Chesnut.. .. 



19 



14 



12 



2 



19 





12 



9 



5 





19 





12 



10 



5 



1 



17 



Oak 



11 



7 



4 





12 



376. This point is, then, settled ; and it is here proved, 

 that it is an error to suppose, that quick- growing trees are, 

 for that reason, trees of soft and perishable timber. It is cer- 

 tain, that the American Red Cedar, and the Live Oak, which 

 are everlasting timber, are very slow growers ; and our Oak 

 is also a slow grower, as wi)! be seen above. Our Yew is 

 the same, and it is everlasting. But our Elder, which is, 

 when young, the very fastest grower that we have, is, though 

 it gets to but little size, as durable as the Yew or the Locust, 



377« The Locust is not a tree to thrive to a very old age. 

 It is in its prime in about thirty or forty years. There are 

 many in Kew Gardens three feet through; and / bought, a 



