the Thoreau Log.
3 June 1856. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau surveys a meadow and woodlots for John Hosmer (A Catalog of Thoreau’s Surveys in the Concord Free Public Library, 8; Henry David Thoreau papers. Special Collections, Concord (Mass.) Free Public Library).

Thoreau writes in his journal:

  Surveying for John Hosmer beyond pail-factory. Hosmer says that seedling white birches do not grow larger than your arm, but cut them down and they spring up again and grow larger . . .
(Journal, 8:363-364)

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