of planting Wafte Lands. 353 
- Of the Wurtz Wittow I recolle& a fmall 
plantation being made on a fwampy picce of 
ground, in the year 1761, which grew fo admi- 
rably, that the faireft and beft trees were cut 
down in 1786. One of thefe which I meafured 
was, at five feet from the ground, fix feet 
five inches; and, at the length of thirty-two 
feet, four feet feven inches in circumference. 
There remained ftanding about ninety of the 
fmalleft trees, which were then thought unfit 
for cutting, having been robbed of their growth 
by the fhade of the others: I meafured the beft 
of thefe trees at the time the others were cut 
down, viz. in 1786; it was only three feet 
ten inches in circumference, at fix feet from 
the ground. I again meafured this tree in 
1793, at the fame height ; and it was'no more 
than four feet four inches. 
I mention this circumftance, to fhew the flow 
progrefs made by this tree in the laft feven years, 
compared with its growth in the former twenty- 
five years, under the difadvantage of being 
choaked and crouded by its more luxuriant and 
lofty neighbours: a fa affording full proof of 
the quick attainment of thefe trees to perfection. 
The wood, from its peculiar whitenefs, is 
in high eftimation; and bears a good price 
for butter-firkins, milk-pails, cafks for li- 
guors, boards for flooring, chefts, boxes, and 
various kinds of hufbandry.—It is alfo excel- 
Uu lent 
