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planted with four thoufand five hundred Afh fets, 

 (which are a proper number) for eleven or twelve 

 pounds. This, Gentlemen, I have frequently done, 

 and I think it is an object worthy the attention of 

 your Society. 



A fmall expence of weeding, pruning, &c. will 

 arife for two or three years after planting, but then 

 it is over; and I think no method of cultivation 

 can poflibly prove fo advantageous on boggy foils. 



A dead foxy foil, or land overrun with furze 

 and fern, will alfo anfwer exceedingly well for 

 copfing; and, as wood is in many places become 

 fcarce, I think planting ought to receive every 

 pofTible encouragement. 



There is another kind of land, which, although 

 fit for fcarcely any thing elfe, I have planted witlv 

 great fuccefs; and that is, the fides of very fteep 

 hills, particularly in a northern afpedl. If there is 

 any depth of foil, Afh-trees will do very well there ; 

 and for Scotch firs, and beech, it is a very proper 

 fituation. 



I am. Gentlemen, yours, &c. 



JOHN FLETCHER. 



a?. 17, 1777. 



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