the soil is cold and poor, and the exposure ungenial;
and "in most parts, where hardwood has been planted," says the Rev. Mr.
Sage of Resolis, in his "Statistical Account," "it is stinted in its
growth, and bark-bound. Comparatively young trees of ash," he shrewdly
adds, "_are covered with seed_,--_an almost infallible sign that their
natural growth is checked_. The leaves, too, fall off about the
beginning of September."

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