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and air, and a deep, mellow soil, are highly necessary to its 
fullest amplitude. For this reason, the oaks of our forests, 
being thickly crowded, are seldom of extraordinary size ; and 
there are more truly majestic oaks in the parks of England 
than are to be found in the whole cultivated portion of the 
United States. Here and there, however, throughout our 
country, may he seen a solitary oak of great age and immense 
size, which attest the fitness of the soil and climate, and dis- 
play the grandeur of our native species. The Wadsworth 
Oak, near Geneseo, N. Y. of extraordinary dimensions, the 
product of one of our most fertile valleys, has attracted the 
[Fig. 32. The Charter Oak, Hartfordl] 
admiration of hundreds of travellers, on the route to Niagara. 
Its trunk measures thirty-six feet in circumference. The 
celebrated Charter Oak at Hartford, which has figured 
so conspicuously in the history of New-England, is still ex- 
