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age and immense size, which attests the fitness of the soil 
and climate, and displays 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 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 existing in a green old age, one of the most 
interesting monuments of the past to be found in the 
country. 
Near the village of Flushing, Long Island, on the farm 
of Judge Lawrence, is growing one of the noblest oaks in 
the country. It is truly park-like in its dimensions, the 
circumference of the trunk being nearly thirty feet, and its 
majestic head of corresponding dignity. In the deep 
alluvial soil of the western valleys, the oak often assumes 
a grand aspect, and bears witness to the wonderful fertility 
of the soil in that region. 
Different species of Oak. This country is peculiarly 
rich in various kinds of oak ; Michaux enumerating no less 
than forty species indigenous to North America. Of these 
the most useful are the Live oak ( Quercus vii'ens), of such 
inestimable value for ship-building ; the Spanish oak (Q. 
falcata) ; the Red oak (Q. rubra), etc., the bark of which 
is extensively used in tanning ; the Quercitron or Black 
oak, which is highly valuable as affording a fine yellow or 
brown dye for wool, silks, paper-hangings, etc. ; and the 
White oak, which is chiefly used for timber. We shall 
