"A Countryman Remembers — Hearts of Oak."

One in the series "A Countryman Remembers."

Bates bemoans the felling of between 2000 and 3000 trees in his village in just three years, reports the diminishing population of oak trees (and provides a brief history of oaks), and closes with praise of the English hedgerow.

In Living (December 1973, p. 18, attached).