I 275 ] 



pleafure-grounds, has been very little cultivated in 

 our neighbourhood. I hope, however, that thofe 

 Lord Ailefbury has planted, and intends planting, 

 will attraft the notice and attention of his neigh* 

 hours, and occafion their more general cultivation. 

 He has appropriated two hundred and forty-three 

 acres of new inclofed land, near Great-Bedwin, 

 called Wilton-Braile, which is now flaked out, and 

 is intended to be planted the cnfuing winter with 

 all kinds of timber, particularly larch, oak, and Spa* 

 nifh chefnut. The land is peculiarly well adapted 

 to the growth of tinaber, and I doubt not will in 

 time, with his other improvements in the planting 

 way, become a mofl valuable addition to the pro*- 

 perty of his Lordfhip*s fuccefTors, an ornament to 

 the neighbourhood> and a publick benefit to the 

 country. 



I am. Sir, 



Your mofl obedient fervant, 



JOHN WARD. 



Marlborough i 051 » io, 179 1. 



P. S. Lord Ailefbury is purfuing the fame fyflem 

 of planting on his Yorkfhire eflate, where oak tim- 

 ber grows in great perfeftioh. 



T 2 A&TICLS 



