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rows next the fun are from feven feet to fir^ 

 whilft thofc in the northern rows, though of the 

 lame height, are only from fix to three feet and a 

 half in circumference. One particular tree in the 

 beft afpeft near the houfe, in 1770, meafured four 

 feet in circumference at four feet from the ground. 

 Its prefent admeafurement is feven feet fix inches, 

 fc^i a yearly increafe of above two inches. This 

 is'ii lapid growth indeed; but is thus accounted for. 

 It obtained more room on cutting down its neigh- 

 bour, which overhung the houfe, and the root of 

 that being grubbed up, the earth was loofened a 

 great way round, and frefli mould added to prefcrve 

 the level. The tree in confequence put out large 

 branches, following tKe roots in that direction. 



A fingle row of trees planted in the fame foil^ and 

 at the fame time, are of equal height, but of in- 

 creafed bulk ; thefe are from eight feet two inches, 

 to feven feet in circumference, at the fame diftance 

 from the ground, and contain on an average almoft 

 double the timber, viz. fome of them near two tons^. 



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In 1766, I planted tfiree hundred elms, fome 

 fihglt, others in clumps, the remainder in hedge- 

 rows, and in the two following years, filled up the 

 vacancies caufed by failure. One of the fingle trees 



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