Note 53 — PART IV. NOTICES OF AUTHORS RELATIVE TO TIMBER. (continued 2)

In proceeding further on in Sir Henry’s volume, we have noticed an excellent observation quoted from Du Hamel: “The extension of the shoot is inversely as its induration, rapid while it remains herbaceous, but slow as it is converted into wood. Hence moisture and shade are the circumstances, of all others, the most favourable to elongation, because they prevent induration or retard it.” Although quoting this, Sir Henry recurs to his old opinions, and proceeds to observe, “Trees so circumstanced, push upward to the light; and from the warmth which their situation affords, their stems being thin and slender in proportion to their height, they are destitute of strength to resist the winds.”