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fil-wood from the bogs fliews, that in former times we 

 had two fpecies, that are not now found growing na- 

 turally, at leaft in any part of this county,' namely, the 

 fir and yew. Of the firft, confiderable quantities are 

 every year dug up; in fome places only the roots are 

 to be met with, in others both roots and Hem-, the 

 yew is not fo frequent, but fufficiently fo to prove, that 

 it was once naturalized as well as the fir. The other 

 fofiil trees are the fame as mentioned above; the fir, 

 the oak, and the yew, the only kinds that are in fuffi- 

 cient prefervation for ufe. 



It would be of no fervice to dwell upon all the dif- 

 ferent kinds of trees, that have been introduced from 

 other countries, merely for ornament ; but I think it 

 neceflary to be particular in thofe, which are moft likely 

 to produce the beft return, and the moft likely to an- 

 fwer the purpofes of the planter, whether for profit or 

 for embellifhment; mentioning the foils, in which they 

 leem beft to thrive. 



Oak; quercus. Large in proportion to the depth of 

 the foil : about Moira, where the under-flra'tum is 

 clay, and at Waringftown, it grows to a great fize. 



Afa;fraxinus. More univerfully cultivated than any 

 other tree in this country, being ufed for all farming 

 implements; like the oak, it is large in proportion to 

 the depth of foil, but the quality is much in favour of 

 that on gravelly or rocky ground. 



Alder; 



