of planting Wafte Lands. 367 
made about two years ago, as I am informed, 
eftimated its value at thirty thoufand pounds. 
What a noble fortune to the younger branches 
of the family to whom this wood was left! 
Evelyn tells us, in his Sy/va, of an Italian 
Nobleman, who, after his Lady was brought to 
bed of a daughter (confidering that wood and 
timber were a revenue coming in whilft the 
owners were afleep) ordered his lands to be 
planted ‘with 100,000 trees, calculating that 
each tree might be worth twenty-pence by the 
time his daughter became marriageable, which 
would amount to near 10,000l. which he in- 
tended to be her portion. 
This practice I am told is not uncommon in 
Holland, where they plant the Asere for the 
purpofe of portioning out the younger branches 
of families; and this fyftem muft have our 
warmeit approbation, if we confider the certain 
advantages refulting from it, and the benefit 
derived to a country from keeping up a fuccef- 
fion of timber. Boucher reports, that he fold 
elms, of his own raifing, at twenty-four years — 
growth, for one guinea each, and. thefe not 
feleGed, but a whole line of them together, 
confifting of above fixty in number: And he 
farther informs us, that he planted the eighth 
part of an acre of fterile red clay-land with afh 
trees,, the product of which, in twenty-three 
years, ‘was after the rate of £115:10:0. an acre, 
or 
