VIII.] 
BRITISH OAK. 
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to the belief that these defects are less frequent in the 
Quercus Robitr pedunculatei, whatever the situation or 
soil may be upon which they are grown. 
There appears to be little difficulty in rearing the Oak 
tree ; it thrives in almost any soil, except that which is 
boggy or peaty; but to bring it to the greatest perfec¬ 
tion, it is preferable to have a rich loam with a clayey 
subsoil. It will even spring up again from the old stool, 
or root, and without requiring any attention, produce, in 
time, one or more fine trees in place of that which was 
first cut down. 
The following dimensions of nine Oak trees that 
were growing only a few years since (and possibly are 
so still) at Woburn Abbey Park, may be interesting, as 
showing the size they will attain upon a favourable soil. 
The particulars are taken from a small book, published 
in 1832, under the superintendence of the Society for 
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge :— 
Table III. 
I Oak 
| Trees. 
Height. 
Circumference. 
No. 
I 
Stem 50 ft., measures 
at 3 ft. 6 in. 
from the ground 
17 ft. 3 in. 
11 
11 11 11 
20 ft. 
11 
11 
14 ft. 
2 
,, 35 ft. 
4 ft. 
11 
11 
17 ft. 9 in. 
J 1 
11 11 11 
20 ft. 
1 1 
11 
12 ft. 9 in. 
3 
» 20 ft. 
4 ft. 
11 
11 
13 ft. 0% in. 
11 
11 11 11 
20 ft. 
11 
1 1 
12 ft. ofi; in. 
4 
11 11 
3 ft- 
11 
11 
12 ft. 0% in. 
11 
11 11 
66 ft. 
11 
11 
8 ft. oR. in. 
5 
11 11 
4 ft. 
11 
11 
14 ft. 
11 
11 11 
5 f> ft- 
11 
11 
9 ft. oA in. 
6 
11 11 
3 ft- 
11 
11 
14 ft. 4 in. 
11 
11 11 
34 ft. 
11 
11 
12 ft. 6 in. 
7 
11 11 
4 ft. 
11 
11 
12 ft. 
,, 
11 11 
50 ft. 
11 
1 1 
8 ft. 0% in. 
8 
11 11 
4 ft. 
11 
11 
13 ft. o '/ 2 in. 
11 11 
50 ft. 
11 
11 
8 ft. o'A in. 
9 
11 11 
3 ft- 
11 
11 
13 ft. oX in. 
11 
11 11 
48 ft. 
11 
11 
8 ft. c>X in. 
