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cced to recommend the growth of oaks, in pre-, 

 ferencc to other timber, to every one who is pof- 

 fefied of foils fuited to their prodiidlion. Thofc 

 who have waftes and furze-grounds thinly fcattered 

 with trees, and of fmall prefent value, may, by 

 attention to the hints here given, render them not 

 only of great confequence to themfelves and fa- 

 milies, but highly beneficial to the ftate. 



All who with generous views, in this the time of 

 fcarcenefs, warmly apply themfelves to raifing oaks 

 for publick good, giving up prefent advantages for 

 their defcendants' future gain, defcrve a civick 

 crown. In fuch attempts, let every liberal mind 

 enjoy its own ideas ; fome following one, and fome 

 another way. Then, whether we try faplings from 

 the nurfery, for open groves ; fow acorns mixed 

 with nuts for coppices, or fet them among buflies, 

 it fignifies little, fo we do but plant, proted them 

 from the bite of cattle, and thin them often, that 

 they may not croud and fpoil each other. Defects 

 of which inftances have been given, that the like 

 in future may be avoided. 



I acknowledge to have thought with Mr. Mil- 

 ler, that oaks for timber fhould be raifed from acorns 

 fown upon the fpot, rather than by tranfplantations j 



that 



