. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. d has in agreat measure superseded all other kinds in our articles offurniture, and where the Cherry tree has never been culti-vated to any extent as a timber-tree, it is rare to meetwith specimens of furniture made of its wood ; but inFrance and other parts of the continent, where it abounds,it is extensively used for this and various other purposes,and is eagerly purchased by the cabinet maker, the turner,and the musical instrument maker. Its value, however, isnot restricted to the uses made of it by those artisans, itis equally
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. d has in agreat measure superseded all other kinds in our articles offurniture, and where the Cherry tree has never been culti-vated to any extent as a timber-tree, it is rare to meetwith specimens of furniture made of its wood ; but inFrance and other parts of the continent, where it abounds,it is extensively used for this and various other purposes,and is eagerly purchased by the cabinet maker, the turner,and the musical instrument maker. Its value, however, isnot restricted to the uses made of it by those artisans, itis equally applicable to out-of-door uses and general caivpentry; and where exposure to the atmosphere or the WILD CHEERY-TREE, OR GEAN. 61 alternation of dryness and moisture is required, it is supe-rior to most other timber we possess, and is only inferior tothe best oak, or its rival the larch. This durability, or power of resisting decay under suchcircumstances, renders it valuable even at a young age, oras soon as it is large enough to make posts, railing, & The growth of the Cherry in its progress to maturity,is pyramidal, or of the candelabrum-like form ; the branchesspringing from the main stem at regular intervals, or at thecommencement of each annual shoot; and as its spray isstiff, strong, and open, it does not yield to but stoutly resiststhe blast: it is, therefore, one of the few trees that can beadvantageously planted as a nurse or subsidiary to the oak,as it is neither apt to overtop or crush its neighboursby a rampant growth or wide spreading head like the wychelm or the ash, or to hurt and injure them in Minds and 62 ROSACEA. storms, as is constantly the case where trees with a moreflexible or easily agitated spray are introduced. It has alsothis further recommendation as a nurse to the oak, that,although a quick growing plant while young, and fulfillingthe duty of a protector, it naturally yields to the tree ithas fostered after the first twenty or thirty years of it
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