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nltude in rich black earth, in (Irong nnoift loams, anct 

 in fandy loams, or iands, with a ftraturh of clay 

 beneath. Their tap-roots require fome depth to 

 ftrike in, their growth is quickeft where the ground 

 IS free,* but in ftubborn clay is very flow till their 

 roots have penetrated far -, then they begin to thrive 

 and produce the toughed and mod lading tinaber* 



A famous indance of longevity, durability, and 

 the amazing bulk they will attain in foils which 

 fuit them, has been particularized in the Lang- 

 ley Oak. t 



A living and unexampled proof of the rapi- 

 dity of their growth, when aflided by culture, may 

 be feen at Stratton in Norfolk ; where an Oak, 

 planted by Mr. Marfliam in lyao, is now above 

 eight feet round at fourteen feet from the ground; 

 but this had the advantage of manure, tillage, and 



♦ Kennedy, in his treatife on planting moors and commons, fays, 

 (vol. I. p. 117) ** That in black moorifti-land, where long heath 

 '* grows, oaks thrive fafter, and make finer (hoots, than in any 

 <* other foil/* 



What pity then it is but Jdl fuch moor's were planted ! 



I have feen oaks of large fize protrude themfelves from fiflures 

 of rocks, where no foil appeared. To clothe the naked crag with 

 timber, merits our warmeft praife. 



f This tree was perfeftly found at 300 years old. 



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