t i6 3 



IS now three feet four inches and a half in cir- 

 cumference,* the fhafc is about twelve feet long, 

 and the head proceeds in four equal upright 

 branches* 



The next largefl: is alfo a fingle tree, having a 

 long ftraight fhaft near thirty feet to a bough, and 

 upwards of forty feet to the fummit of its branches, 

 its circumference is two feet eight inches only. 

 But the timber of this tree will, from its length and 

 flraightnefs, yield double the price of that of the 

 other hereafter, 



Thofe in the clumps keep pace with this in 

 height, but do not equal it in bulk. 



Thofe in the hedge-rows were of different forts, 

 the beft of them came from a nurfery at South- 

 ampton, and are now about the fize of thofe in the 

 clumps 3 the others from Salifbury; thefe did not 

 from the firft appear to have been free growers, and 

 the longer they fband, the further they will be be- 

 hind their competitors. All thefe have thrown out 

 numerous fuckers from their roots, fo that where 

 one hundred and fifty only were planted, there are 



» N. B. The circumference of all thefe was taken at four feet 

 from the gh>und. 



now 



