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of thofe now mentioned, this tree adapts itfelf 
to moft fituations. It will thrive moft luxu- 
 yiantly on boggy moor-land, after it has been 
drained, of which I have a ftriking proof —I 
“had fome land of this defcription, fo wet, as to 
be totally impaffable by man or beaft—After it 
had been well drained in the winter of 1790, it 
was planted in the enfuing {pring with i 
of the following kinds : 
The White Poplar (Populus alba)—The Black 
Poplar (Populus nigra)—And the Afpen (Populus 
tremula) and a few of the Carolina or Balfam 
Poplar.—Thefe trees, when planted, were gene- 
rally from two feet to two feet three inclres in 
height ; and an inch and a half in circumference 
at the thickeft part. I meafured feveral of them 
in July, 1793, and they were, on the average, 
feventeen feet and a half in height ; ; in girth, at 
the ground, twelve inches and one-third ; ; and at 
a foot from the ground, ten inches and one- 
fourth. I have heard of more extraordinary fhoots 
in trees of the fame kind; but I never faw any 
the growth of which on the whole equalled thefe. 
I planted feveral thoufands of them in dif- 
ferent foils, afpedis, and fituations, but none 
have yet come near to thofe planted in this 
drained morafs.—Thofe on the edges of the 
brooks, in good foil, have fucceeded next to 
thele ; then thofe on fandy foil, and dry heath 
lands ; 
