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CHAPTER I. 



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The " Bishoppe of Lyncolne's Translation out of Frenshe 

 into Englyshe" Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton's plan- 

 tations near the Yarmouth Roads Plantations in 

 Morayshire Mr. Grigor's Account Seaside Planting 

 at the Gulf of Gascony Careless Planting Soft- 

 wooded Trees Osiers Osiers on the Banks of the 

 Severn and Thames Overflow of the Thames and the 

 Embankment of the River Steamboats on the Thames 

 Osier Plantations very durable and a Source of 

 large Profit Action of Light upon Osiers Kinds must 

 be selected to suit various Soils The London Clay 

 injurious to Osiers Formation of Osier Beds Small 

 Osiers grown in France Mending Osier Plantations 

 The Common Osier The Spaniard The French 

 The New Kind The Hollander The Gelster The 

 Green-leaved Osier The Brown Rod The Bitter 

 Ornard The Blunt-leaved Ornard Osier Plantations 

 on the Holkham Estate ... i 



CHAPTER II. 



Trees which are most suited to damp Situations The 

 Duke of Bedford's "SalictumWoburnense" The Goat 



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