. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. On the Supply of Tiuibcr from Norivay and Sweden 48 spective regulations, and not (which it really was) a diminished demand from this country. On that point our correspondent writes :— "Till 1863 the export of wooden wares from Sweden was rising, as well of beams as of planks and boards. For the last years I have no reports. I scarcely believe that there has been any considerable decrease. How- ever, the export of wooden \vares may, at least for a period, have reached a maximum, and then be forced to diminish,
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. On the Supply of Tiuibcr from Norivay and Sweden 48 spective regulations, and not (which it really was) a diminished demand from this country. On that point our correspondent writes :— "Till 1863 the export of wooden wares from Sweden was rising, as well of beams as of planks and boards. For the last years I have no reports. I scarcely believe that there has been any considerable decrease. How- ever, the export of wooden \vares may, at least for a period, have reached a maximum, and then be forced to diminish, for already a couple of years ago, the principal foreign import harbours for wooden wares were filled, and it is a known thing that there are many masrazines of sawn dressed timber at the harbours in Norrland Avhich they have not been able to ; It is difficult to avoid the conclusion, from the largeness of the 'quantity thus supplied, its rapid increase, and the fact that the dimensions of the timber supplied are gradu- ally decreasing, that Sweden has been en- croaching on the capital stock of her timber and not living upon its interest. It would seem a politic proceeding on our part to con- sider how this will hereafter affect ourselves, and whether it would not be wise to provide against the contingent dearth of timber to which our children may be exposed by plant- ing more ourselves at home. [To be continued.] STUDIES OF THE BARK OF TREES. 2. The Oak. THE bark of the Oak has the same cha- racter all over except on the small smooth twigs. It is closely and longitudi- tions. These are nearly as broad as the spaces between them—that is, the ridges and furrows are nearly of equal breadth. They. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, S. Marshall & Co
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