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"spindly" growth of branches, competing for the
light, and struggling upwards towards it, and the
destruction of all undergrowth as well as of the
lateral branches of the timber trees. This has,
unfortunately, already taken place in some parts
where the pollards have been untouched for
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twenty or twenty-five years. What few branches
there are are long and bare, and the grace of
spreading foliage is wanting, while below, the
ground is bare. It is to be feared that it will
be some years before the thinning, which is now
proceeding, will overtake the mischief. I make