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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES
[CHAP. XVII.

Passing now from Europe to America, it will be well to describe three or four of the most valuable kinds of Oak which have been dealt with commercially and employed in this country. There are many others, spread over that vast continent; but, as they are little known here and not likely to be required, they will be only briefly noticed.